Argentum releases infection control program guidance for assisted living providers
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Nov 24, 2020
Responding to a worsening pandemic, Argentum assembled a working group of clinical experts to address key COVID-related challenges to help guide its assisted living members.
Are you ready for an Alzheimer’s breakthrough?
By
Lois A. Bowers
Nov 20, 2017
Some treatments for Alzheimer’s may be available by 2020. If so, the U.S. healthcare system may not be prepared, according to a new study.
Technology takes center stage in senior living in 2020
By
Lois A. Bowers
Jun 22, 2020
Someday, when we look back on 2020, we might well say it was the year of technology in senior living.
Long-term care needs relief to sustain services through omicron and beyond, LeadingAge tells Biden
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jan 26, 2022
LeadingAge is calling on the Biden administration and Congress to deliver an emergency relief package to sustain senior living and other long-term care providers through the omicron variant of COVID-19...
Assisted living ‘ignored’ in COVID-19 discussions, expert tells Senate Aging Committee
By
Lois A. Bowers
May 22, 2020
Although assisted living communities are home to residents who “are completely just as vulnerable” as nursing home residents to COVID-19, “we sort of tend to ignore them in these situations” because...
Big senior living stories of 2019
By
Lois A. Bowers
Dec 23, 2019
Here’s a look at some of the news that occupied many minds in senior living over the past year.
Peer-to-Peer: AccordCare, which dropped anchor on East Coast, now has designs on West
By
Diane Eastabrook
Jul 13, 2021
Starting AccordCare two months before a global pandemic hit was either the best time or the worst time to launch a personal care company with a unique subset in complex clinical care.
Public-private collaboration key to securing long-term care financing for middle-income Americans
By
Amy Novotney
Apr 09, 2021
Recent studies have found that more than half of middle-income seniors will not be able to afford the care they need, and 15% of baby boomers will incur more than $250,000 in long-term care costs. If anything,...
Omnibus appropriations package sets aside $275 million to address visa backlog
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Mar 16, 2022
The $1.5 trillion Consolidated Appropriations Act passed by Congress last week includes a $275 million omnibus appropriations package that will help the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services address...
Meet DeLaine Rice-White, 2022 Hall of Honor inductee
By
Nicole Blanchard
Aug 03, 2022
Learn more about DeLaine Rice-White, vice president of rehabilitation services for ProMedica Senior Care, Toledo, OH.