Senior living providers must show their value to combat ‘new normal’ of negative scrutiny: speaker
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
May 02, 2024
As senior living providers adapt to the “new normal” of negative lay media attention and calls for federal oversight, they must step into the role of educator and share with lawmakers and others how...
Long-term care challenges require federal attention: panel
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Dec 06, 2023
Determining assisted living’s value is part of a “significant and unavoidable issue” that thrust the sector under a hot national spotlight recently, thanks to a KFF Health News / New York Times series...
Business of long-term care ‘has never been worse’ as occupancy, staffing challenges continue
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Oct 12, 2022
NASHVILLE, TN — With the clinical issues of COVID-19 largely behind the long-term care industry, the business side “has never been worse,” according to American Health Care Association / National...
Proposed nursing home staffing mandate would hurt senior living providers ‘fishing from the same...
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Nov 07, 2023
CHICAGO — Even though the staffing mandate proposed by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services directly would apply only to nursing homes, senior living providers as well as providers across the...
Senior living has ‘lots to watch’ during debt deal negotiations
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jun 01, 2023
As Democrats and Republicans continued work toward passing a debt ceiling deal, the senior living industry is waiting to see how some provisions could affect providers.
Expanding assisted living could address affordability, accessibility issues
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jun 13, 2023
Recognizing challenges in affordable and accessible housing for the long-term care population, a legislative council tasked with coordinating healthcare and social supports for older adults has delved...
72 percent of middle-income older adults won’t be able to afford assisted living by 2033: study
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Sep 01, 2022
More than 11 million older adults (72%) will not be able to afford assisted living by 2033, and they likely won’t qualify for Medicaid to pay their long-term care needs either, according to a new analysis...
Juniper to promote ‘wellspan’ through new membership-based program
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Aug 22, 2022
Bloomfield, NJ-based Juniper Communities has launched Catalyst, a membership-based health and well-being program the company hopes will bring about the “next generation of senior living” by creating...
ADL, functional limitations decline among older adults
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Feb 07, 2023
Older adults saw a “substantial” decline in activities of daily living limitations compared with a decade earlier, according to the results of a new study.
Federal efforts to strengthen care economy fall short for senior living, advocates say
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Apr 19, 2023
President Biden’s executive order on strengthening the care economy, although well-intentioned, does not offer adequate solutions for long-term care in part because it does not support assisted living...