Senior living and care industry leaders speak out against racial inequity in COVID-19 pandemic, society
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jun 05, 2020
Senior living and care industry representatives are speaking out against racial inequity in response to rising protests across the country following the death of George Floyd and data on COVID-19 cases...
Senate report contains to-do list to beef up emergency preparedness in assisted living
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Feb 24, 2023
Federal, state and local government agencies should require assisted living providers to improve disaster planning, increase transparency and have emergency backup power, recommends a new Senate report...
$413 million in Provider Relief Fund payments welcome news, but ‘extreme frustration’ remains
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Mar 24, 2022
An announcement about the distribution of $413 million in Phase 4 Provider Relief Fund payments this week is welcome news, but it did little to quell the “extreme frustration” senior living providers...
Senior living inquiries, tours and move-ins still down, but trending upward
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jun 05, 2020
Consumer inquiries, tours and move-ins to senior living communities still remain at lower levels than last year, but the industry generally is seeing encouraging signs as some COVID-19-related restrictions...
Demographics, changing consumers lead former Five Star, now AlerisLife, to expand into active adult,...
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jan 27, 2022
An aging demographic and changing consumer demand have led one of the country’s largest senior living companies to pivot from its primary role as an owner and operator of independent living, assisted...
Leaders debate what to change, retain in senior living
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
May 01, 2024
PHOENIX—If there was one good thing to come out of the COVID-19 pandemic, it was “everyone opening the kimono,” being raw and asking for help, according to a panel of C-suite senior living experts...
Calling the fire department for a lift assist? Get ready to be billed
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Mar 07, 2024
In cities and states across the country, assisted living communities and nursing homes that call their local fire departments for lift assist services increasingly are being told to pay up, and sometimes...
COVID-19 will drive innovation in senior living development: survey
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Sep 22, 2020
Creativity in design, financing, construction, operations and marketing is imperative to the senior living industry moving forward post-COVID-19, according to the results of a survey of for-profit senior...
Active adult consumers want a sense of community but are open to senior living if the need arises
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
May 23, 2024
Although some older adults choose active adult communities over independent living or continuing care retirement / life plan communities, the active adult sector does not appear to be “poaching” large...
People in the news, Jan. 4
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Lois A. Bowers
Jan 04, 2022
Appointments and promotions at Brandon Wilde, CHI Living Communities, Douglas Wilson Companies, Episcopal Retirement Services, Epoch Senior Living, Guest Services, Insight Senior Living, Juniper Communities,...