Almost 19 percent of assisted living communities use EHRs
By
Lois A. Bowers
Sep 25, 2016
An estimated 18.7% of assisted living and similar residential care communities were using electronic health records in 2014, according to newly released data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s...
2 college students calling assisted living home
By
Lois A. Bowers
Aug 24, 2016
Victoria Kozar and Joe Huberman are the two newest assisted living residents at Masonicare at Ashlar Village in Wallingford, CT, having moved in on Tuesday. They’re also the youngest residents,...
Tool may help address care, staffing challenges in assisted living
By
Lois A. Bowers
Aug 21, 2016
A intervention recently pilot-tested in private-pay home healthcare settings one day might help improve coordination of care, reduce hospitalizations and improve caregiver retention in assisted living,...
Brookdale may turn up the heat in 2018
By
Lois A. Bowers
Jun 09, 2016
Some might not consider Brookdale’s current strategy sexy, the company CEO said Thursday, but the country’s largest senior living provider may turn up the heat in 2018.
Seniors most in need of affordable housing: survey
By
Lois A. Bowers
Jun 08, 2016
Older adults are most in need of affordable housing, according to the results of a new poll. And many respondents said they “strongly favor” increasing older adults’ access to affordable...
Brookdale nurse in critical condition in ICU after Las Vegas shooting
By
Lois A. Bowers
Oct 11, 2017
Jennifer Campas, a head nurse at Brookdale Anaheim in California, remained in critical condition on Tuesday in the intensive care unit at University Medical Center of Southern Nevada in Las Vegas after...
People in the news, April 9
Apr 09, 2019
Appointments and promotions at Benchmark Senior Living, LCS, LeadingAge, LeadingAge PA and WellSpire.
People in the news, March 28
Mar 28, 2017
Appointments and honors involving Aviva, Benchmark Senior Living, Centers Health Care, Lenbrook and Senior Lifestyle Corp.
Sonida Senior Living makes first acquisition in 5 years amid ‘a lot of good news’
By
Lois A. Bowers
May 24, 2022
Sonida Senior Living made its first acquisition in almost five years in the first quarter, when the company also experienced “a lot of good news” regarding occupancy and revenue growth, executives...
Brookdale sees 10 months of occupancy growth, sets labor, occupancy goals for 2022
By
Lois A. Bowers
Feb 16, 2022
Entering 2022 having experienced 10 months of sequential weighted average occupancy growth, Brentwood, TN-based Brookdale Senior Living has identified strategies to improve occupancy further as well as...