Hospital admissions cut 17% in Brookdale pilot program
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Lois A. Bowers
Feb 23, 2016
Hospital admissions among assisted living residents in 46 Brookdale Senior Living communities decreased 17% in a three-year pilot program funded by a $7.3 million Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services...
2 women murdered in retirement community
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Lois A. Bowers
Feb 22, 2016
Police in Surprise, AZ, have apprehended two suspects in the murder of two women who were shot and killed Feb. 8 in a retirement community there.
Two California assisted living communities lose licenses
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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...
New guide details scams against seniors
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Lois A. Bowers
Feb 18, 2016
The U.S. Senate Special Committee on Aging has released a new resource for you and your residents: a report of the top 10 scams against older adults that have been reported via its hotline — and how...
Missouri says ‘Show Me’ with camera bills
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Lois A. Bowers
Feb 16, 2016
In a move that would give new meaning to Missouri’s nickname of the “Show Me State,” a lawmaker there is sponsoring three bills that would require long-term care facilities to honor resident...
Utah camera bill moves to Senate
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Lois A. Bowers
Feb 15, 2016
A bill that would require assisted living communities to grant resident requests to install monitoring equipment in their rooms unanimously passed out of the Utah House of Representatives Feb. 12 and has...
Proposed $4.1 trillion budget has several senior housing and care provisions
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Lois A. Bowers
Feb 09, 2016
President Barack Obama has released his $4.1 trillion federal budget proposal for fiscal year 2017, and it contains several provisions related to senior housing and care.
Former Assisted Living Concepts CEO requests Supreme Court review
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Lois A. Bowers
Feb 08, 2016
Former Assisted Living Concepts CEO Laurie Bebo, accused of fraud by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, is trying to take her case to the U.S. Supreme Court.
California raid shines spotlight on assisted living wage and hour violations
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Lois A. Bowers
Feb 07, 2016
The owner of several residential care facilities for the elderly continued to violate wage and hour rules while on probation for similar offenses, officials say. It’s the latest case of several in...
Utah camera bill advances through House committee
By
Lois A. Bowers
Feb 03, 2016
As a bill that would enable assisted living residents or their representatives to install cameras in their rooms moves through the legislative process in Utah, advocates for providers and residents both...