Ventas: Senior living growth and recovery ‘in full swing’
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Nov 06, 2023
A strong third quarter was the result of actions taken to drive performance, combined with powerful demand in the senior living market, Ventas Chairman and CEO Debra Cafaro said Friday during a third-quarter...
Discovery Senior Living launches customized leadership program to elevate skills of middle management
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jun 03, 2024
In an effort to elevate the skills of its leaders, Bonita Springs, FL-based Discovery Senior Living has launched a new leadership development program.
‘Out of control’: Panelists share frustrations, solutions to managing cash flow during pandemic
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Sep 24, 2020
The global coronavirus pandemic has created a “tsunami” of decreasing occupancy, coupled with increasing costs related to personal protective equipment and labor, to create an operating environment...
Senior living community will ‘vigorously’ defend itself in wrongful termination lawsuit
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jun 02, 2022
The owner of an Iowa assisted living and memory care community says the company will “vigorously” defend itself in a wrongful termination lawsuit from a former resident assistant who alleges she was...
Initiative aims to help assisted living communities achieve excellence in person-centered care credential
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jan 03, 2024
A research- and evidence-based initiative is underway to develop a process to help assisted living communities and other long-term care facilities achieve a new designation of excellence in person-centered...
Solar panels, vinyl siding recycling among senior living’s sustainability initiatives
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Mar 29, 2023
A seven-acre solar panel project and a vinyl siding recycling program are among the latest sustainability initiatives from senior living operators.
Senior living operator takes layered approach to COVID-19 mitigation
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jul 23, 2021
Integral Senior Living is taking a layered approach to mitigating the effects of viruses, including COVID-19, with technology aimed at improving air quality and surface cleaning.
Dallas senior living community to open Bezos Academy for preschoolers this fall
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Feb 01, 2022
The tuition-free, Montessori-inspired preschool available to low-income families is scheduled to open this fall at Presbyterian Village North.
Assisted living communities not healthcare providers, not immune from COVID lawsuits, judge says
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jan 03, 2024
A wrongful death lawsuit alleging failure to comply with COVID-19 protocols can move forward after a circuit court judge ruled that assisted living communities are not healthcare providers and therefore...
Report offers strategies, resources for operating during public health emergencies
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Sep 29, 2020
A new report from the federal COVID-19 Healthcare Resilience Working Group calls on post-acute and long-term care facilities, including assisted living communities, to adjust operations and standards of...