A Feb. 11 event at Harvard had many take-home messages for senior living communities and their residents.
Effects of Supreme Court ruling on OSHA mandate linger
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Lois A. Bowers
Jan 24, 2022
Regardless of how anyone personally feels about the vaccination-and-testing emergency temporary standard recently stayed by the U.S. Supreme Court, its effects, and the effects of the High Court ruling,...
An ally in the minimum wage battle
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Lois A. Bowers
Mar 14, 2016
Senior living operators who oppose an increase in the national minimum wage to $15 have an ally in Richard Fisher, former president and CEO of the Federal Reserve Bank in Dallas.
Assisted living’s image problem
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Lois A. Bowers
Jul 09, 2018
An Arizona sheriff’s office is taking time for introspection after a 92-year-old woman reportedly shot and killed her 72-year-old son because he wanted her to move to an assisted living community....
Siemens to acquire Brightly Software, formerly Dude Solutions, in $1.6 billion deal
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Lois A. Bowers
Jun 28, 2022
Cary, NC-based Brightly Software, formerly known as Dude Solutions, will be acquired by Zug, Switzerland-based Siemens Smart Infrastructure in a $1.575 billion deal, plus earn-out, Siemens announced Monday.
5 ways to attract and support leaders
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Lois A. Bowers
Jun 06, 2022
Want to attract women to leadership positions in your organization? A “returnship” program is one of five ideas in a new report.
Seeing is believing when it comes to Alzheimer’s effects
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Lois A. Bowers
Apr 23, 2018
It’s quite something to see the 10-year progression of Alzheimer’s disease in one person collapsed into a 13-minute TV segment.
‘Misuse’ and ‘physical’ data breaches are most common in senior living, report...
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Lois A. Bowers
Apr 02, 2018
The most common types of data breaches in nursing and residential care facilities are related to misuse or paper copies of records, according to a new report. The good news is that there are steps the...
Efforts to end ageism grow
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Lois A. Bowers
Aug 07, 2017
It wasn’t even a year ago that LeadingAge President and CEO Katie Smith Sloan announced that LeadingAge had a new mission: to “permanently change the image of aging in our society.” New...
A slam dunk to increase move-ins?
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Lois A. Bowers
Mar 20, 2017
If basketball isn’t part of your present marketing efforts, it could be part of your future, according to new research.