Senior living lender Lancaster Pollard Holdings has been acquired by ORIX USA, a division of international financial services group ORIX Corp., the companies announced Wednesday.
Moldy dentures, confined residents lead to indictments
By
Lois A. Bowers
Jun 27, 2017
The owner and a worker at a Maryland assisted living facility where inspectors allegedly found moldy dentures as well as residents — some tied to chairs — locked in their rooms without access to food,...
Technology may lead to ‘virtual assisted living,’ Senate Aging Committee hears
By
Lois A. Bowers
May 23, 2019
Committee members also heard about how technology, such as virtual reality in assisted living, can help maintain health and quality of life for older adults.
A Place for Mom agrees to settle lawsuit for $6 million
By
Lois A. Bowers
Aug 28, 2019
Seattle-based senior living and care referral service A Place for Mom has agreed to settle for $6 million a putative class action lawsuit that claims the company violated the Telephone Consumer Protection...
Life expectancy decreasing, CDC says
By
Lois A. Bowers
Aug 15, 2018
Life expectancy in the United States decreased in both 2015 and 2016, marking the only decreases in the past 20 years and the first consecutive two-year decline since 1964, according to a new report from...
Majority of Americans believe pre-pandemic life won’t return for more than a year: poll
By
Lois A. Bowers
Mar 16, 2021
A majority of Americans believe that it will take at least a year for life to return to the way it was before the coronavirus pandemic, according to the results of a new survey by the Pew Research Center.
COVID-19 payoff: More tech innovation
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Lois A. Bowers
Jun 18, 2020
Dina Capek, health services director at Royal Oaks, a Sun City, AZ, retirement community with independent living, assisted living and memory care, recently spoke with McKnight’s Senior Living about how...
Medicaid Access Rule review completed by White House
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Lois A. Bowers
Apr 16, 2024
A proposed federal rule establishing mandatory quality measures for home- and community-based services and requiring providers to allocate 80% of HCBS payments to direct care worker pay is one step closer...
Report: PACE viable, sustainable
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Lois A. Bowers
Mar 07, 2016
The Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly model is a viable and sustainable model of community-based long-term care, according to a new journal article.
NIC announces new president and CEO
By
Lois A. Bowers
Oct 12, 2022
The National Investment Center for Seniors Housing & Care announced a new president and CEO on Wednesday. It’s someone not new to NIC, however.