A pioneering program at an Arizona senior living community has enabled residents to learn new skills, strengthen bonds with family members and connect with staff members and fellow residents in new ways.
Labor union questions Welltower plans
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Lois A. Bowers
Sep 01, 2016
A labor union on Thursday expressed concerns related to Welltower’s plans to use a RIDEA structure to lease properties it plans to purchase from Vintage Senior Living, but one of the REIT’s...
Investors Real Estate Trust plans 2017 exit from seniors housing
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Lois A. Bowers
Sep 01, 2016
Investors Real Estate Trust plans to complete its exit from the seniors housing arena in 2017 when $236 million in sales agreements for 27 properties close, the real estate investment trust announced late...
College students move into retirement community to study aging
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Lois A. Bowers
Aug 31, 2016
A Michigan retirement community will serve as a research setting for the next 19 months as three college students majoring in occupational therapy call it home.
FDA fast-tracks Alzheimer’s drug
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Lois A. Bowers
Aug 22, 2016
The FDA has granted fast-track status to a drug that is in clinical trials for Alzheimer’s disease, according to the developers of the medication.
Labor Department funds $1.1 million in paid leave research
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Lois A. Bowers
Aug 11, 2016
The Department of Labor has awarded $1.1 million in grants to research and analyze how paid family and medical leave programs can be developed and implemented across the country.
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.
Assisted living owner accused in historic $1 billion healthcare fraud scheme
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Lois A. Bowers
Jul 24, 2016
The owner of more than 30 Miami-area assisted living and skilled nursing facilities was charged with conspiracy, obstruction, money laundering and healthcare fraud in connection with a $1 billion scheme...
Couple accused of bilking 13 assisted living investors out of $500,000
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Lois A. Bowers
Jul 17, 2016
A Florida husband and wife have been arrested for allegedly defrauding at least 13 people out of a total of $500,000 they thought was being invested in an assisted living community, the state’s Office...
Good news, bad news on affordable housing front
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Lois A. Bowers
Jun 22, 2016
There’s bad news and good news concerning affordable housing in the United States, according to speakers at a Wednesday press conference at which the Harvard Joint Center for Housing Studies released...