Assisted living administrator vows cooperation as Judiciary Committee investigates social media incident
By
Lois A. Bowers
Apr 19, 2017
The administrator of a Florida memory care community has pledged complete cooperation with the Senate Judiciary Committee as it investigates an incident in which a worker allegedly secretly recorded two...
Assisted living caregiver arrested for allegedly abusing resident
By
Lois A. Bowers
Mar 07, 2017
A former resident care aide at a Florida assisted living community has been arrested for allegedly abusing a resident in her care.
CCRC proceeding with ‘abundance of caution’ after 55 respiratory illnesses, including 2 deaths,...
By
Lois A. Bowers
Jul 15, 2019
A spokesman for a Springfield, VA, continuing care retirement community said the community is acting “with an abundance of caution” to ensure resident welfare after two residents have died and 53 additional...
93-year-old Graceworks Lutheran Services to get first woman CEO, Judy Budi
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Lois A. Bowers
Jan 16, 2019
Joining a growing list of women recently named to lead senior living organizations, Judy A. Budi will become the president and CEO of Centerville, OH-based Graceworks Lutheran Services effective March...
Age is not just a number
By
Lois A. Bowers
Nov 12, 2018
Until we as individuals and as a society view age and aging more positively, one can’t blame a man for asking a court to make him legally younger.
Man arrested in assassination of Haiti’s president has ties to U.S. senior living industry
By
Lois A. Bowers
Jul 12, 2021
One of the two Americans arrested in relation to the assassination of Haiti President Jovenel Moise on Wednesday worked for a major U.S. senior living company until earlier this year, and another major...
CNN: 16,000+ cases of sexual abuse in long-term care facilities reported since 2000
By
Lois A. Bowers
Feb 22, 2017
More than 16,000 cases of sexual abuse have been reported in nursing homes and assisted living communities since 2000, according to a report published by CNN on Wednesday.
No Scrooges at these communities
By
Lois A. Bowers
Nov 28, 2016
In the final month or so of each year, our thoughts frequently focus on our own good fortune and ways that we can bring happiness to others’ lives. Residents and others at several senior living communities...
In a giving mood
By
Lois A. Bowers
Nov 21, 2016
As the holidays approach, several senior living communities are partaking in fun projects to relay the vibrancy of senior living residents or informative projects to help employees, residents, prospective...
HUD to improve oversight of efforts to connect elderly with services
By
Lois A. Bowers
Oct 05, 2016
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development will develop guidance on monitoring Section 202 properties that have service coordinators by December, according to a new report by the Government Accountability...