Senior living company focuses on ‘upside’ of getting older
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Dec 01, 2022
Peter Badgley and Jake Rothstein founded start-up company Upside two years ago, billing the firm as a “new category of senior living.”
Long-term care ‘full bore ahead’ on DEIB initiatives
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Mar 15, 2023
Corporate diversity pledges have fallen off at some companies amid layoffs, according to media reports, but long-term care is “full bore ahead on [diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging],” a representative...
Providers need funding to improve Medicaid HCBS access, quality, advocates say
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
May 01, 2023
Senior living advocates are applauding steps announced by the federal government to ensure equitable access to home- and community-based services provided via the Medicaid program, but they say that funding...
More risk management data on seniors and falls enabled by new partnership
By
Aaron Dorman
Jul 18, 2023
A safety reporting database for seniors just added a new fall-detection system to its ranks in order to provide more analytics.
Murder charge in resident freezing death reduced for assisted living CNA
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Oct 11, 2023
An assisted living worker facing a second-degree murder charge in the freezing death of a resident pleaded guilty to a reduced charge last week.
Senior living operator Enlivant is facing potential eviction from its headquarters amid financial restructuring struggles and layoffs at its Chicago corporate support center.
Omega Healthcare Investors has ‘headroom’ to withstand LaVie’s bankruptcy: Fitch Ratings
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jun 12, 2024
Omega Healthcare Investors’ credit rating has enough of a cushion to weather the recent bankruptcy of tenant LaVie Care Centers, Fitch Ratings said Tuesday.
Senators debate whether Social Security funding increase is needed
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Mar 21, 2024
Whether increased Social Security funding is needed was the focus of discussion at a Wednesday hearing of the Senate Special Committee on Aging.
38 percent of workers are subject to noncompete agreements, GAO says
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
May 18, 2023
An estimated 38% of workers have been subject to an NCA at some time in their careers, the US Government Accountability said in a new report.
Assisted living provider at center of nation’s largest individual wage theft case
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jun 20, 2023
In what’s being called the largest wage theft case related to an individual in the nation, a Denver assisted living company is on the hook for approximately $1 million for failing to pay a caregiver...