392 assisted living communities meet at least one NCAL Quality Initiative goal
By
Lois A. Bowers
Dec 17, 2019
Almost 400 assisted living communities were acknowledged Monday by the National Center for Assisted Living for meeting at least one goal of the organization’s Quality Initiative.
AARP joins groups challenging arbitration agreements
By
John O'Connor
Dec 11, 2019
AARP and a dozen mostly pro-consumer organizations have expressed support for legislation that prevents senior living organizations from using pre-dispute arbitration agreements.
1.7 million older adults could be hurt by medical expense tax deduction change
By
Lois A. Bowers
Dec 09, 2019
The American Health Care Association / National Center for Assisted Living, American Seniors Housing Association, Argentum and LeadingAge are among the 50 organizations signing onto two letters urging...
Is regulation helping or hurting senior living innovation?
By
Jess Stonefield
Nov 04, 2019
Despite improvements, numerous areas of senior housing still demand innovation. How will regulation help — or hurt — innovations in those areas?
Older adults: Images, reality don’t always match
By
Lois A. Bowers
Oct 21, 2019
A new campaign by AARP and Getty Images certainly fits nicely with LeadingAge’s important vision to “permanently change the image of aging in our society,” but it was another organization that came...
History-making elections put women at head of NCAL, AHCA boards
By
Lois A. Bowers
Oct 17, 2019
Helen Crunk of Nebraska was elected chair of the NCAL Board of Directors, and Debbie Meade of Georgia was elected chair of the AHCA Board of Governors, both for 2019-2020 terms, on Wednesday during the...
Falls prevention is everyone’s responsibility — from care team to C-suite, speaker says
By
Lois A. Bowers
Oct 16, 2019
From the CEO and the administrator — everyone is responsible for preventing falls and looking at what’s going on in the environment, what’s going on with residents, because they come in contact with...
Provider stories are antidote to criticism of industry, AHCA/NCAL CEO Parkinson says
By
Lois A. Bowers
Oct 15, 2019
Positive provider stories are the antidote to the criticism that the long-term care industry continues to hear from lawmakers and others despite making great strides in measures of quality, American Health...
Is all of senior living embracing a medical model?
By
Lois A. Bowers
Oct 14, 2019
“How many of you still believe you only provide hospitality?” When Juniper Communities founder and CEO Lynne Katzmann posed that question to the approximately 260 people attending NCAL Day on Sunday,...
Increasing assisted living regulation is a trend, NCAL says
By
Lois A. Bowers
Oct 04, 2019
For the second year in a row, more than half of the states have changed their assisted living requirements, indicating a potential trend that the National Center for Assisted Living expects to continue,...