Weigh these 5 considerations before joining the senior living and care consolidation wave
By
Patrick McCormick, CPA
Jun 28, 2021
After grappling with the COVID-19 crisis for the past year, senior living and care facilities are waking up to some stark financial realities that are starting to push a new wave of consolidation in the...
Inspections, testing top long-term care priorities of House task force
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
May 05, 2020
After calling for long-term care and affordable seniors housing to be priorities for future pandemic relief legislation, the House Democratic Caucus Task Force on Aging and Families on Monday announced...
The gift of senior living
By
Shelley Esden
Dec 22, 2021
This holiday season, there are few gifts more loving than the safety and security afforded by senior living.
Peer-to-Peer: AccordCare, which dropped anchor on East Coast, now has designs on West
By
Diane Eastabrook
Jul 13, 2021
Starting AccordCare two months before a global pandemic hit was either the best time or the worst time to launch a personal care company with a unique subset in complex clinical care.
Immunity protections removed for senior living communities, executives
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Aug 06, 2020
New York state is walking back its blanket protections granted to senior living communities and nursing homes during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Why comprehensive medication management is especially important now
By
Karmen L. Stephens, PharmD, BCGP
Mar 24, 2022
Comprehensive medication management, or CMM, is a whole-person approach to medication management that ensures that medications are appropriate, safe and effective, and that they support the individual’s...
Senior living not receiving same attention, support as nursing homes during pandemic, briefing speakers...
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jun 15, 2020
Assisted living and continuing care retirement communities are struggling as much as nursing homes but have not received the same attention and support, experts said Thursday during a Maryland General...
Georgia retirement community’s employees continue to shelter in place with residents during pandemic
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
May 18, 2020
After staff members at a Georgia life plan community committed to sheltering in place in late March alongside 600 residents, an executive said they are still going strong.
Should home healthcare be a new focus for Medicare Advantage?
By
Jeff Fox
Apr 20, 2021
Home-based services are not a common, or even widely accepted, part of most Medicare Advantage plans. However, there have been some signs that the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) have begun...
Next COVID-19 relief package should address racial disparities among older adults, senator says
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jul 22, 2020
The next COVID-19 relief legislation passed by Congress should address racial disparities among older adults, Sen. Bob Casey (D-PA), ranking member of the Senate Special Committee on Aging, said Tuesday...