Employee jailed after colleague reports ‘lap dance’ with 100-year-old resident
By
Lois A. Bowers
Feb 21, 2017
An employee of an Ohio senior living community was jailed on Friday after a colleague reported that the woman had simulated a “lap dance” with a 100-year-old male resident with dementia. Cellphone...
NAHB names finalists for 2016 Best of 55+ Housing Awards
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Lois A. Bowers
Dec 07, 2015
Independent and assisted living communities as well as CCRCs are among the finalists selected from entries representing projects, marketing efforts, lifestyle offerings and corporate and individual efforts...
3 states dominate top spots on Best Places to Retire list
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Lois A. Bowers
Oct 10, 2018
Pennsylvania, Florida and Texas cities dominate the top 10 spots on U.S. News & World Report’s 2019 Best Places to Retire list, released Wednesday.
$60 million Medicare fraud scheme involved assisted living communities, federal officials allege
By
Lois A. Bowers
Mar 01, 2017
Assisted living communities were provided remuneration, including certified nursing assistants to staff their facilities, for their participation in a $60 million Medicare fraud scheme for which 16 individuals...
NCAL to recognize four senior living professionals
By
Lois A. Bowers
Jul 16, 2015
Four assisted living professionals will receive awards from the National Center for Assisted Living at NCAL Day this fall as part of the annual meeting the organization holds with the American Health Care...
Late resident’s family sues after elopement-related death
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Lois A. Bowers
Jan 18, 2017
The family of a deceased former senior living community resident is suing the Michigan community where she lived, claiming negligence and carelessness because she eloped and died from hypothermia.
Report: Communities in 4 states dominate in well-being
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Lois A. Bowers
Feb 23, 2016
When it comes to well-being, communities in four states dominate, according to a new report from Healthways Inc. and Gallup.
Moldy dentures, confined residents lead to indictments
By
Lois A. Bowers
Jun 27, 2017
The owner and a worker at a Maryland assisted living facility where inspectors allegedly found moldy dentures as well as residents — some tied to chairs — locked in their rooms without access to food,...
2 former caregivers to be sentenced for felonies in resident’s hypothermia death
By
Lois A. Bowers
Oct 13, 2017
Two former caregivers at a Michigan assisted living and memory care community are scheduled to be sentenced next month after entering pleas to felony charges in a case involving a resident with dementia...
ALF owner in $1 billion fraud case now accused of bribery
By
Lois A. Bowers
Feb 13, 2017
Before an owner of dozens of Miami-area assisted living and skilled nursing facilities was accused in a $1 billion healthcare fraud scheme in July, he allegedly tried to bribe a state regulator to find...