Interest in senior living and care investments remains strong: report
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Feb 14, 2024
Interest in senior living community and nursing home investments remains strong as operators continue to rebound from pandemic-related losses, according to JLL’s seventh annual Seniors Housing and Care...
Elon Musk’s Neuralink says brain-to-computer interface has FDA approval for clinical trial
May 26, 2023
The device would be surgically implanted into patients’ brains, with the idea that it would connect with computers to decode brain activity.
Mindfulness training, exercise no aid for cognitive function
Dec 21, 2022
No benefit was seen for episodic memory or executive function at six or 18 months for older adults, but cognitive performance didn’t decline either.
VIUM Capital exceeds its expectations, with $2.1 billion in transactions, marking record year
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jan 04, 2023
VIUM Capital closed 70 transactions totalling $2.1 billion in 2022, marking a record year for the young company.
Analytics firm takes on EHR giant PointClickCare in ‘life and death’ information-sharing lawsuit
By
Kimberly Marselas
Jun 14, 2024
Real Time Medical Systems has asked a federal judge to force the nation’s largest post-acute EHR provider to keep its clients’ data accessible, saying information-blocking “will cause needless patient...
Lutheran Senior Services/Diakon agreement forms one of largest US nonprofit LTC organizations
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Mar 29, 2024
Diakon Senior Living operations and its four continuing care retirement / life plan communities will become part of Lutheran Senior Services under an agreement announced Wednesday that the organizations...
Meet Amanda Brooks, 2023 Rising Star
By
Lois A. Bowers
Jul 10, 2023
Learn more about Amanda Brooks, Senior Executive Director, Retirement Unlimited Inc. (Paul Spring Retirement Community), Alexandria VA.
Meet Carol Considine, 2023 McKnight’s Pinnacle Awards ‘Setting the Standard’ honoree
By
Kimberly Hartley
May 05, 2023
Carole Considine, executive director at Harvester Place Memory Care, received a Setting the Standard Award in the 2023 McKnight’s Pinnacle Awards.
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...
Assisted living owner sentenced in $1 million COVID-19 relief fraud case
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jan 12, 2024
The owner of an assisted living community will spend two years in federal prison as part of a plea agreement for fraudulently obtaining more than $1 million in COVID-19 relief funds that he used for personal...