The Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s enforcement activities did not adequately protect workers during the COVID-19 public health emergency, according to a new audit report from the Department...
LTC Properties ‘not sitting here waiting’ for Brookdale’s next move, CEO says
By
Lois A. Bowers
Oct 31, 2022
With Brookdale Senior Living’s lease with real estate investment trust LTC Properties up in 2023 and rumors swirling that the Brentwood, TN-based senior living operator is shopping for a buyer, the Westlake...
Tomorrow is final deadline for Pinnacle Award entries
By
Lois A. Bowers
Oct 26, 2022
Tomorrow is the final deadline for nominations for the inaugural McKnight’s Pinnacle Awards.
1 in 10 older adults have dementia, and that’s going to grow with aging population boom
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Oct 25, 2022
The first nationally representative study of cognitive impairment and dementia in more than 20 years found nearly one in 10 US older adults has dementia, and 22% have mild cognitive impairment.
Americans losing even more ground in keeping up with their retirement savings, survey shows
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Oct 25, 2022
More than half of Americans (55%) are not keeping up with retirement savings, according to the results of a recent survey from Bankrate. This is slightly worse than a year ago, when 52% of the respondents...
‘Staffing and labor challenges do persist,’ provider survey finds
By
Lois A. Bowers
Oct 24, 2022
Nine percent of long-term care providers responding to the latest executive survey by the National Investment Center for Seniors Housing & Care said they continue to experience “severe” staffing shortages,...
Senior living execs pique student interest as Granger Cobb Institute pilots Corporate Scholars program
By
Lois A. Bowers
Oct 24, 2022
Executives from Aegis Living, Merrill Gardens and Murano Senior Living are piquing interest in the senior living industry among Washington State University students participating in a new Corporate Scholars...
Final deadline for Pinnacle Award nominations is Thursday
By
Lois A. Bowers
Oct 21, 2022
The final deadline for the new McKnight’s Pinnacle Awards is Thursday, Oct. 27.
Senior living coalition calls on Congress to address workforce crisis
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Oct 20, 2022
A coalition of senior living advocacy groups is calling on congressional leaders to build and train the workforce needed now — and into the future — to care for the nation’s rapidly growing aging...
Long-term care ‘still standing’ but in need of ‘reinforcements,’ LeadingAge chair says
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Oct 18, 2022
DENVER — Despite challenges from the COVID-19 pandemic, extreme weather and “cheap shots,” the long-term care sector is “still standing,” LeadingAge Board Chairman Mike King said during Monday’s...