Ventas sees strong pipeline of senior housing investments
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Apr 02, 2024
Ventas is “focused on serving a large and growing aging population with an emphasis on senior housing,” the Chicago-based real estate investment trust said Monday in a business update issued in conjunction...
Use of self-applied TENS device at home can relieve migraine pain
Jul 08, 2021
Pain scores were significantly reduced with the use of a TENS device; greater improvement was seen in functionality.
$80M federal program to boost nursing training
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Oct 06, 2022
The Department of Labor will beef up its Nursing Expansion Grant Program with $80 million in grants, the department announced Monday.
Seniors had high burden of RSV-positive respiratory infection before COVID-19
Jan 23, 2023
Following a sharp decline during COVID-19, RSV-positive acute respiratory infection re-emerged during the summer of 2021 and is linked to lower quality of life.
Man impersonated worker, smothered senior living resident, killed someone else, police allege
By
Lois A. Bowers
Mar 28, 2018
Several police departments in Texas plan to comb through hundreds of old cases involving the unattended or unexplained deaths of older adults to determine whether a healthcare worker charged with an attack...
Chicago launches accessory dwelling unit pilot program to help ease housing shortage
By
Amy Novotney
May 04, 2021
Applications are now being accepted from property owners in five pilot areas in the city of Chicago to allow for the creation of accessory dwelling units, or ADUs, in an effort to expand housing across...
Fitbits can be used to determine residents’ physical activity levels
By
John O'Connor
Apr 01, 2016
A Fitbit activity monitoring device can be used to measure how physically active your residents are, a new study suggests.
Senior living hacker sentenced to 20 years for $27 million ransomware attack
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Oct 07, 2022
A Canadian man linked to an international network of ransomware attacks affecting the senior living industry during the COVID-19 pandemic has been sentenced to 20 years in prison and ordered to forfeit...
Sign-on bonuses and pay raises undoubtedly are appreciated by staff members at assisted living communities, but they appear to be doing little to stem the industry’s high annual turnover rates.
Former Fed Chair Janet Yellen talks about recession, minimum wage, immigration, entitlements and ‘root...
By
Lois A. Bowers
Sep 13, 2019
Janet Yellen hit on numerous topics Thursday in the opening session of the National Investment Center for Seniors Housing & Care Fall Conference.