New center, council support innovation and healthful aging
By
Lois A. Bowers
Oct 25, 2017
A new center in Louisville, KY, aims to foster innovation and healthful aging, and a new council there has the goal of promoting the city as a hub of activity related to optimal aging.
Senior living operator withheld details of fingerprint scanning program, lawsuit claims
By
Lois A. Bowers
Aug 24, 2017
A potential class action lawsuit filed Aug. 17 against Senior Lifestyle Corp. accuses the company of not informing workers in writing about how it would protect the digital fingerprint scans that it required...
Mediterranean diet, but not eating more fish, linked to brain health
By
Lois A. Bowers
Jan 04, 2017
A diet highlighting fruits, vegetables, olive oil, beans and cereal grains such as wheat and rice helps older adults maintain brain health, according to the results of a new study. Contrary to earlier...
Speakers: Integrating health services into assisted living presents opportunities, challenges
By
Lois A. Bowers
Mar 10, 2016
Assisted living operators that pursue offering health services to their residents will be confronted with risks, but they also will face potential rewards, said speakers during a 2016 NIC Spring Investment...
Drinking has health effects for older women: study
Sep 25, 2015
One form of alcohol offers positive health effects for older women, whereas another increases cancer risk, a new study finds.
Business briefs, Oct. 25
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Oct 25, 2021
CMS issues guidance to states regarding COVID-19-related treatment without cost-sharing in Medicaid, other programs … National Senior Campuses retains top spot on 2021 LeadingAge Ziegler 200 list …...
People in the news, April 7
Apr 07, 2020
Appointments and promotions at AMDA – The Society for Post-Acute and Long-Term Care, Green Street Advisors, SCAN Health Plan, three, Touchdown, VIUM Capital and Watercrest Senior Living Group.
People in the news, July 9
By
Mallory Hackett
Jul 09, 2019
Appointments and other news at Brookdale Senior Living, Franciscan Care Services, Graceworks Lutheran Services, Guest Services Senior Living, Jones Lang LaSalle, SCAN Health Plan, Ventana by Buckner, Watercrest...
People in the news, Oct. 2
Oct 02, 2018
Appointments, promotions and honors at Cadence Living, Harbor Retirement Communities, HHHunt, SCAN Health Plan, The Springs at Monarch Landing, Tutera Senior Living & Health Care and Watercrest Senior...
In-home booster preparations underway at some home care agencies
By
Diane Eastabrook
Sep 24, 2021
Even before another federal agency’s panel approved booster shots for seniors, the wheels were in motion at some home care companies to get COVID-19 boosters into the arms of their clients.