Is all of senior living embracing a medical model?
By
Lois A. Bowers
Oct 14, 2019
“How many of you still believe you only provide hospitality?” When Juniper Communities founder and CEO Lynne Katzmann posed that question to the approximately 260 people attending NCAL Day on Sunday,...
23 states, cities, municipalities sue federal government over ‘conscience rule’
By
Lois A. Bowers
May 23, 2019
A coalition of 23 states, cities and municipalities filed a lawsuit Tuesday against the federal government for a final rule that allows individual healthcare workers as well as healthcare organizations...
Capital Senior Living makes moves to improve financial position
By
Lois A. Bowers
Aug 07, 2020
Capital Senior Living plans to transfer operations and ownership of 18 senior living communities to Fannie Mae, the company announced Thursday. The move follows several steps Capital announced in May “to...
New overtime rule could bring ‘devastating realities,’ operator says
By
Lois A. Bowers
Sep 22, 2017
One assisted living operator predicts the loss of jobs for workers and fewer housing options for Medicaid beneficiaries if the federal government greatly increases the salary threshold for overtime pay....
New Medicare Advantage plan could serve 5,500 residents at 10 senior living organizations
By
Lois A. Bowers
Oct 03, 2019
Ten senior living and care organizations in the Minneapolis / St. Paul area will offer a new HMO institutional special needs plan to their residents effective Jan. 1 in what plan collaborators believe...
PACE Innovation Act to expand program’s reach
By
Lois A. Bowers
Oct 22, 2015
The Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly will be expanded to older adults who do not yet meet the standard for nursing home level of care and to others under legislation that was passed by the...
Nonfatal falls in residential settings account for $29.2 billion in healthcare spending: analysis
By
Lois A. Bowers
Mar 07, 2018
Nonfatal falls in assisted living and other residential facilities and home health settings are responsible for the highest dollar amount of healthcare spending for such falls compared with other settings,...
Georgia sends National Guard to senior living communities as Peach State and neighboring Florida announce...
By
Lois A. Bowers
Apr 02, 2020
The governors of Florida and Georgia announced new stay-at-home orders in relation to the COVID-19 pandemic. Georgia also said it would be working with the Georgia Center for Assisted Living and other...
Older adults’ medication cost ‘skyrockets year after year,’ senator says
By
Lois A. Bowers
Mar 27, 2018
Many of the brand-name medications most commonly taken by older adults increased in price by almost 10 times the average annual rate of inflation from 2012 to 2017, according to a Senate report released...
GAO: Protecting healthcare workers from violence should be priority for new administration
By
Lois A. Bowers
Nov 13, 2016
Protecting healthcare workers, including those employed in residential care settings, from workplace violence should be a priority for the new administration, the Government Accountability Office said...