We’ve examined the analytics to reveal which subjects were top blog topics of interest for McKnight’s Senior Living website visitors, newsletter readers and social media followers and friends in 2019.
NIC: Assisted living occupancy rate strongest in 2 years at 85.7 percent in fourth quarter
By
Lois A. Bowers
Jan 10, 2020
Assisted living occupancy increased to 85.7% in the fourth quarter of 2019, up from a recent record low of 85.1% earlier in the year as demand outpaced new inventory growth, according to data released...
AHCA / NCAL, AMDA blast ‘short-sighted’ plans to discharge people with COVID-19 from hospitals to...
By
Lois A. Bowers
Mar 30, 2020
“The question all state officials must consider is whether the risk of introducing a virus with an estimated 30% or higher mortality rate into a nursing home or assisted living community outweighs...
Assisted living’s ‘unique challenges’ warrant special attention in pandemic, emergency response...
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jun 16, 2021
The first national study of COVID-19-related mortality in U.S. assisted living communities shows a “crucial need” for specific attention to such residences in pandemic and other emergency responses.
Marketing campaign aims to share benefits of senior living in COVID-19 era
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Sep 10, 2020
A new marketing campaign is bringing together unaffiliated senior living communities and sponsors to communicate the benefits of senior living to prospective residents and their families in the era of...
Disclosures, fire safety, internal systems top challenges as assisted living providers implement new...
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Oct 22, 2021
Disclosures, fire safety requirements and internal systems requirements are the main challenges confronting Minnesota assisted living providers as they continue to work through implementing new industry...
Latest senior living stats reason to be ‘cautiously optimistic’ about comeback from pandemic
By
Lois A. Bowers
Oct 08, 2021
The latest NIC MAP quarterly data, released Thursday, provide reasons to be “cautiously optimistic” about the senior living industry’s comeback from the pandemic, National Investment Center for Seniors...
Joint Commission launches assisted living accreditation program to introduce ‘national, consensus-based...
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jun 08, 2021
The Joint Commission has launched a new assisted living community accreditation program to bring “national, consensus-based standards” to the industry.
Industry, lawmakers agree: Assisted living needs COVID-19 help
By
Lois A. Bowers
Jul 06, 2020
Now that Sens. Warren and Markey and Rep. Maloney realize what the industry has been saying to anyone who would listen for months now — that senior living operators need resources to battle COVID-19,...
OSHA doubles down on long-term care workplace inspections
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Mar 10, 2022
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration from March 9 to June 9 will devote 15% of all of its workplace inspections per region to nursing homes, assisted living communities and hospitals that...