Top 10 safety and security considerations when designing a senior living community
By
Chad Ulman
Apr 30, 2018
Giving attention to the safety and security of your senior living community will have a powerful, positive effect on resident satisfaction.
Operators, frontline workers likely to benefit from next virus relief bill: McConnell
By
John O'Connor
Jul 08, 2020
For senior living operators seeking COVID-19 lawsuit protections and workers earning less than $19 an hour, the next coronavirus package may deliver some welcome news. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell...
FDA shortens time to booster after Moderna vaccine to five months
Jan 07, 2022
A similar time window for boosters is already in place for people who received the Pfizer–BioNTech vaccine.
Senior living can and must do better
By
John O'Connor
Sep 09, 2021
If senior living wants to avoid the poor reputation so prevalent across skilled care, it must get serious about keeping its house in order. The most obvious way to do this is a two-step approach.
Forget the lure; focus on the cure
By
John O'Connor
Oct 21, 2021
As the labor wars intensify, we’re seeing some interesting new twists.
COVID-19 boosters targeted to latest variants could be ready after Labor Day
Aug 24, 2022
Both Moderna and Pfizer filed their applications for emergency use of their updated boosters this week.
Business briefs, May 20
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
May 20, 2021
Fitch Ratings upgrades Givens Estates’ IDR to ‘A-’ … Pennsylvania Department of Health reports 90 COVID-19-specific nursing home investigations in April … “Compassion, Community, Caring”...
Operators see ‘remarkable outcomes’ with COVID-19 infusion treatments
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Feb 10, 2021
If there were a “game-changing medication” available to senior living providers to help fight off COVID-19 and potentially avoid a hospital trip for residents, would you use it?
Despite record-setting occupancy drop, pandemic could offer ‘silver lining’ for senior living, NIC...
By
Lois A. Bowers
Oct 16, 2020
Independent living and assisted living communities saw their largest occupancy drops on record in the third quarter of 2020, according to data released Thursday by the National Investment Center for Seniors...
Assisted living operators need PPE and testing, should report COVID-19 data to federal government, House...
By
Lois A. Bowers
Jun 26, 2020
Congress should take “immediate steps” to get needed personal protective equipment to assisted living communities, nursing homes, home- and community-based settings and other places where older adults...