OSHA can issue COVID-19 healthcare standard on its own timeline: courts
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Aug 30, 2022
The federal government can issue a permanent COVID-19 healthcare standard on its own timeline after an appellate court ruled against a group of unions hoping to expedite the process.
Senior living advocates ask Congress to expand college savings plans to fund career-related expenses
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jan 24, 2024
A coalition of almost 800 nonprofit organizations, businesses and associations — including several in senior living — is urging Congress to include a bipartisan bill expanding eligible uses of college...
Study proving longevity benefits of senior living is something for operators to ‘jump up and down’...
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Mar 06, 2024
Older adults who live in senior living communities live longer, receive more healthcare services and benefit from greater rehabilitative and preventive care within the first two years of moving into a...
Picky, picky, picky
By
John Hall
Oct 01, 2017
Residents and their family members are becoming increasingly picky when it comes to laundry service expectations — and that trend will only continue.
Too early for ‘all-clear flag,’ but Welltower is ‘cautiously optimistic’ about senior living
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Apr 30, 2021
Although it is too early to “raise an all-clear flag,” Welltower CEO Shankh Mitra said Thursday that he is “cautiously optimistic” about the senior living business.
American Stroke Association, Feb. 7-9
Feb 20, 2024
The conference featured presentations that emphasized basic, clinical and translational medicine and provided insight into the prevention, management and treatment of stroke.
Long-term care providers’ EHR adoption has stalled out, study and widespread worries reflect
By
Josh Henreckson
Jun 13, 2024
In a “concerning trend,” providers of aging services such as skilled nursing have stalled in their progress toward adopting advanced electronic health record technology, according to a newly released...
Seniors cut costs, ease caregiving pressures with new tool that increases their digital health literacy
By
Adam Healy
Nov 01, 2023
Seniors have a new tool to help them connect with care providers: the Papa digital health platform, which now has a digital literacy feature.
Ensign Group launches new captive REIT
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Oct 29, 2021
The Ensign Group is launching a new captive real estate investment trust, executives announced Thursday during a third-quarter earnings call.
Donut Day
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Apr 07, 2021
When Juniper Village at Spicewood Summit joined the rest of the long-term care industry in closing its doors during the pandemic, Connections Director Shelly Herrera came up with a sweet idea. Find out...