Caregiver pay in the balance as advocacy groups size up proposed spending requirements
By
Lois A. Bowers
Jul 17, 2023
As assisted living provider advocacy groups try to influence federal home- and community-based services-related policy, their comments are joined by thousands of others, some in agreement with industry...
Senate hearing: ‘Time to begin offering assisted living’ in state veterans homes
By
Lois A. Bowers
Jun 06, 2024
Members of the Senate Special Committee on Aging and Senate Committee on Veterans Affairs received more endorsements for assisted living for veterans Wednesday during a joint hearing.
McKnight’s Senior Living grabs top honors for news coverage
By
Lois A. Bowers
Apr 16, 2021
McKnight’s Senior Living has earned a Gold award in the Best Print News Section category, as well as four other awards, in the 2021 American Society of Business Publication Editors’ Azbee Awards.
REIT investments suggest a healthy future for senior living
By
Lois A. Bowers
Jul 31, 2017
Back-to-back earnings calls Friday morning suggested a healthy future for senior living operators, as two large public healthcare real estate investment trusts relayed the growing place that senior living...
Breaking free of industry stereotypes
By
Lois A. Bowers
Jan 09, 2017
A film student in Germany surely has a bright professional future, but one of his recent projects doesn’t do much to illuminate the senior living industry.
Fight against joint employer rule sees ‘significant procedural win’
By
Lois A. Bowers
Jun 13, 2024
A plaintiff in a lawsuit against the National Labor Relations Board over its joint employer rule is calling a recent court ruling a “significant procedural win.”
Joining or forming a Medicare Advantage plan? Read these survey results
By
Lois A. Bowers
Jun 21, 2019
With an increasing number of senior living operators joining or forming their own Medicare Advantage plans, or considering doing so, the results of new J.D. Power customer satisfaction research could provide...
Two-thirds of those 50+ anxious about assisted living affordability: survey
By
Lois A. Bowers
Nov 27, 2023
Two-thirds (66%) of Americans aged 50 or more years participating in a recent poll said they are “mostly” or “somewhat” anxious about being able to afford the cost of an assisted living community...
Wellness, activities and ageism
Oct 12, 2023
Karen Welsh, vice president of clinical and reimbursement excellence at Functional Pathways, shares how senior living providers can ensure that residents are engaged, that activities programming is centered on...
Pennant Group ready for ‘modest’ growth in senior living acquisitions
By
Lois A. Bowers
Aug 10, 2022
The Pennant Group spent time in the first half of 2022 streamlining its senior living portfolio, improving the average quality of its buildings and “positioning ourselves to accelerate organic growth...