PA is tops for not-for-profit senior living organization HQs
By
Lois A. Bowers
Nov 02, 2022
Pennsylvania is home to more headquarters of the not-for-profit multi-site senior living and care organizations listed on the LeadingAge Ziegler 200 list for 2022 than any other state.
Some seniors now can use Amazon Alexa for medication management tasks
By
Lois A. Bowers
Dec 03, 2019
Some senior living residents and other users of Amazon’s Alexa virtual assistant are now able to review prescriptions and set medication reminders by using their pharmacy prescription information, as...
ALF owner accused of using ID of employee’s sister to bill $15,000 in services
By
Lois A. Bowers
Oct 18, 2017
The owner of a Florida assisted living facility faces up to 15 years in prison for using the identity of an employee’s sister to bill Medicaid and private-pay clients for more than $15,000 in services...
Quality in action
By
Lois A. Bowers
Mar 30, 2020
In response to my blog last week, I heard from several readers who shared the creative actions their senior living communities are taking to keep residents healthy and active socially, physically and cognitively.
McKnight’s Senior Living website, newsletter, writing lauded
Jun 20, 2016
McKnight’s Senior Living has earned three Awards of Excellence in the 2016 APEX Awards competition, which recognizes outstanding editorial content, graphic design and overall communications.
Two California assisted living communities lose licenses
By
Lois A. Bowers
Feb 21, 2016
Two communities that reportedly had accumulated many citations have lost their licenses. One operator had felony convictions, and another evicted a resident without advance notice, according to the state’s...
People in the news, March 5
Mar 05, 2019
Appointments and promotions at Atlas Senior Living, Benchmark Senior Living, Bethesda Health Group, Cadence Living, Charter Senior Living, Discovery Senior Living, Eldermark Software, Erickson Living,...
Senior living needs COVID-19 tests, too, Argentum tells HHS as Ohio issues mandate
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Lois A. Bowers
Aug 24, 2020
Nursing homes aren’t the only long-term care settings that need testing capabilities amid the coronavirus pandemic, Argentum President and CEO James Balda said a day after HHS announced it would be sending...
Mother-daughter duo arrested for reportedly defrauding Medicaid of $106,000 for services not provided...
By
Lois A. Bowers
Sep 26, 2022
A mother-daughter duo has been arrested in Florida for allegedly defrauding the Medicaid program of more than $106,000 by billing for psycho-social rehabilitation services they did not provide to six assisted...
Former caregiver gets six-month sentence after resident’s freezing death
By
Lois A. Bowers
Nov 16, 2017
A former caregiver at a Michigan assisted living and memory care community was sentenced to six months in prison Tuesday for her role in the death of a resident with dementia who froze to death after exiting...