The virtual doors to the second annual McKnight’s Senior Living Online Expo will open at 10:30 EDT tomorrow, Wednesday, June 13.
Memory care community sanctioned after resident elopes, freezes to death
By
Lois A. Bowers
Feb 07, 2018
A Wisconsin memory care community has been fined $4,200 and is prohibited from accepting new residents after a resident with dementia wandered outside and froze to death in December.
Legislation with $425 million increase for Alzheimer’s headed to president’s desk
By
Lois A. Bowers
Sep 27, 2018
An appropriations “minibus” funding bill that includes a $425 million increase for Alzheimer’s and dementia research funding at the National Institutes of Health is headed for the White House after...
Assisted living community settles wrongful death lawsuit after arguing immunity due to COVID
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
May 10, 2022
A wrongful death lawsuit against a Wilmington, NC, assisted living community over the alleged beating death of one resident by another has been settled out of court, according to a media report.
Proposed bill ‘modernizing’ assisted living ‘long overdue’: senior living advocates
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Feb 01, 2022
Senate Bill 11 will “modernize and strengthen oversight and care” of assisted living residents by transitioning services from a certification model to a licensure model, according to main sponsor Sen....
Massachusetts AG will appeal court decision to dismiss landmark COVID case alleging nursing home neglect
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Dec 16, 2021
Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey filed a notice of appeal Tuesday in Hampden County Superior Court seeking to overturn a lower court’s dismissal of criminal charges lodged against two leaders...
Alzheimer’s brain effects can differ between racial groups
By
Lois A. Bowers
Jul 16, 2015
Alzheimer’s disease may cause different changes in the brain in African-Americans than in white Americans of European descent, according to new study.
More news for Thursday, March 25
Mar 25, 2021
Michigan Supreme Court to hear arguments related to death of independent living resident who wandered into cold … Acts Retirement–Life Communities partners with Wilmington University for employee...
February 2017 issue now online
Feb 14, 2017
The February issue of McKnight’s Senior Living is online with exclusive news and features that you won’t want to miss.
Former senior living employees charged with $300,000 theft from resident with dementia
By
Lois A. Bowers
Oct 09, 2019
Two former employees of a Chicago independent and assisted living community have been charged with stealing more than $300,000 from a former resident living with dementia.