Presidential candidate Klobuchar shares experience with assisted living as Minnesota legislation heads...
By
Lois A. Bowers
May 21, 2019
As legislators in her home state of Minnesota passed a landmark bill related to assisted living and memory care, U.S. Sen. Amy Klobuchar, seeking to win the Democratic nomination in the race for president,...
More than 40 percent of assisted living communities do not provide mental health services: CDC
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Dec 07, 2020
More than 40% of all assisted living communities do not provide mental health services, despite the high prevalence of dementia and depression among residents, according to a new report from the Centers...
Brookdale ‘still well ahead’ of others on Argentum list of largest senior living providers for 2019
By
Lois A. Bowers
Sep 05, 2019
Despite a 15% reduction in units over the past year, Brentwood, TN-based Brookdale Senior Living is “still well ahead of the rest of the pack,” holding onto the No. 1 spot on Argentum’s new list...
Argentum list of largest providers has additions but no changes at top
By
Lois A. Bowers
Oct 17, 2018
The top five spots on Argentum’s list of largest senior living operators in 2018 remain unchanged from 2017, but the list contains some additions from last year.
First senior living community earns Joint Commission assisted living memory care certification
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Aug 29, 2023
A Missouri senior living community is the first such community to receive the Joint Commission’s assisted living memory care certification.
Largest senior living providers named by Argentum
By
Lois A. Bowers
Sep 22, 2016
New lists by Argentum name the largest overall senior living providers as well as the largest independent living, assisted living and memory care providers and the top markets for senior living.
REIT investments suggest a healthy future for senior living
By
Lois A. Bowers
Jul 31, 2017
Back-to-back earnings calls Friday morning suggested a healthy future for senior living operators, as two large public healthcare real estate investment trusts relayed the growing place that senior living...
Memory care certification launches for assisted living communities
By
Lois A. Bowers
Jul 12, 2023
The Joint Commission, in collaboration with the Alzheimer’s Association, has launched a memory care certification program for assisted living communities.
Assisted living providers can take steps to address workforce shortages, quality, Alzheimer’s Association...
By
Lois A. Bowers
Apr 22, 2024
As federal lawmakers ponder ways to address workforce shortages and quality in senior living communities and other long-term care settings, the Alzheimer’s Association and its advocacy affiliate, the...
A big lump of coal … and an opportunity
By
Lois A. Bowers
Dec 18, 2023
Christmas came early for the senior living field on Sunday, when providers collectively found a big lump of coal in the industry stocking. But that stocking also contains an opportunity.