Proposed law would impose federal reporting requirements on assisted living providers
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Feb 27, 2024
The recent closure of a large skilled nursing facility in Missouri has led to a bill that proposes minimum staffing levels for assisted living communities and a requirement that assisted living providers...
Plan now to respond to ‘profound’ demographics, experts advise
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Dec 15, 2023
With the prospective resident demographic almost doubling in size in the coming decade, a panel of senior living thought leaders on Thursday discussed how not-for-profit providers should plan to respond...
As one bill targeting transparency in assisted living dies, another rises
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Mar 22, 2024
A proposed change in Arizona state law targeting transparency in assisted living communities has died after a Senate committee failed to take up the bill. But another bill with many of the same components...
2023 laid groundwork for sustained performance, outsized growth in 2024: Welltower CEO
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Feb 15, 2024
2023 was a year of “solid execution” across the board for Welltower and a record year in capital deployment, laying the groundwork for a sustained level of performance and continued outsized growth...
Artificial intelligence ‘amplifying’ effect of scams against older adults
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Nov 17, 2023
Last year, older Americans reported losing more than $1.6 billion to fraud. And increasingly, scammers are using artificial intelligence to make their schemes more effective.
Pandemic lockdowns had ‘profound’ effect on senior living residents’ families: study
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Nov 17, 2023
Constantly changing guidelines, fractured communication and being abruptly cut off from loved ones in nursing and residential care homes had a “profound” effect on the physical and mental health of...
Future of senior living requires new blueprint: panel
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Nov 08, 2023
CHICAGO — What happens when you invite a group of senior living CEOs to share personal plans for their third acts? For architectural firm Perkins Eastman, the result was a think tank of experts who defined...
Staffing agencies to pay $260,000 for overcharging senior living operators
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Lois A. Bowers
Jan 29, 2024
Three temporary staffing agencies collectively will pay more than $260,000 to resolve allegations that they charged assisted living communities and nursing homes rates that were higher than the maximums...
Policy initiatives underway to lessen direct care workforce shortages
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Apr 29, 2024
Direct care workforce shortages strain the healthcare system overall and affect access, quality and costs. Although no single answer to the issue exists, several policy initiatives and solutions underway...
Increase in antipsychotic prescribing for residents with dementia raises concerns
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jan 09, 2024
The persistence of a pandemic-associated increase in antipsychotic, antidepressant and anticonvulsant medication use in assisted living residents — and a greater increase in antipsychotic use in dementia...