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...
Masonic Villages selects William Kingsbury as next CEO
May 16, 2019
He will begin Dec. 1, succeeding Joseph E. Murphy, who is retiring after having been a senior executive at the organization since 1983.
Late resident’s family sues after elopement-related death
By
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
By
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...
People in the news, July 26
Jul 26, 2016
Appointments involving Avanti Senior Living, Hebrew SeniorLife, Lancaster Pollard, Legend Senior Living, Life Care Services, Scott-Farrar at Peterborough and more.
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...
Former med tech charged with 3 felonies for alleged theft of resident’s painting, other property
By
Lois A. Bowers
Jun 20, 2018
A former worker at a California senior living community faces up to five years in prison if convicted of three felonies and a misdemeanor related to thefts of property belonging to his employer and residents,...
Senior living payroll clerk allegedly stole $256,000 from employer
By
Lois A. Bowers
Aug 03, 2017
A payroll administrator for a California senior living operator has been charged with seven felonies after allegedly embezzling more than $256,000 from her employer by funneling funds to other accounts...