Funding, unionization needed to improve wages, working conditions in long-term care: report
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jul 28, 2022
Expanding public funding, increasing the minimum wage and unionizing workers are the first steps toward improving wages and working conditions in the residential long-term care industry, according to the...
Kisco Senior Living pioneers new employee training program inspired by hospitality industry
By
Lois A. Bowers
Aug 14, 2018
Kisco Senior Living was looking for a way to take its customer service to the next level. The organization found a way to do it that no other senior living operator had found before.
Curved walking study finds a new angle to detect cognitive impairment in seniors
By
Aaron Dorman
Mar 14, 2024
A curved walking route actually may be a better method than a straight one to detect mild cognitive deficit, researchers have found.
Clinicians and caregivers must keep pace with new pacemaker tech available for seniors: study
By
Aaron Dorman
Feb 06, 2024
A new survey classifies cardiac implantable electronic devices, or CIEDs, to account for advances such as leadless multi-chamber pacemaker models.
K4Connect raises $8.9M from investors in latest funding round
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jul 17, 2023
Morrisville, NC-based K4Connect has raised $8.9 million from 14 investors, according to a Thursday filing with the Securities and Exchange Commiss
The new decade will demand a new type of senior living organization
By
Lisa McCracken
Jan 13, 2020
As the decade turns over, should this milestone also serve as a call to action for senior living organizations to commit to a new normal?
SNFs to pay $10K more per day to comply with CMS guidance
By
Danielle Brown
Apr 07, 2020
Nursing homes could be forced to spend an additional $10,000 per day on equipment in order to meet the latest federal requirements during the COVID-19 response, according to experts.
Senior housing, skilled nursing could be investor favorites as dynamics present ‘window of opportunity’
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Nov 12, 2021
With the senior housing and care market reporting movement toward economic recovery in the third quarter, investment firm Marcus & Millichap reported that a “confluence of near-term challenges and long-term...
National Quality Forum endorses first assisted living customer satisfaction measures
By
Lois A. Bowers
Jan 18, 2019
The National Quality Forum for the first time has endorsed a set of assisted living customer satisfaction measures, the American Health Care Association and National Center for Assisted Living, developer...
Vaulting to good health
Oct 24, 2018
Bob Aldredge, an 85-year-old resident of Otterbein Senior Life in Lebanon, OH, recently won a gold medal in an international pole vaulting competition. Find out more, and learn how to submit your photos!