Tabitha designs intergenerational community to fight loneliness within 2 generations
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Sep 27, 2024
Older adults share their living space alongside college students in a senior living community designed to fight loneliness in the two generations.
New laws in California aim to reform service delivery to those living with dementia
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Sep 25, 2024
New laws in California govern the safety, care and accountability of providers who deliver services to people living with Alzheimer’s disease or another form of dementia.
Now is the time for senior living to show value via data, speakers say
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Sep 24, 2024
The senior living industry is at a critical juncture, making now the moment in time to address improvements in quality, equity and resident outcomes, according to experts speaking Monday at the National...
House passes bill to strengthen public health infrastructure for dementia interventions
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Sep 24, 2024
A bipartisan bill funding Alzheimer’s interventions through public health departments throughout the country received unanimous support in the US House of Representatives last week and now heads to the...
Poisoning death case kicked back to trial court over questions related to arbitration agreement
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Sep 24, 2024
A California appellate court has kicked a negligence lawsuit back to the trial court to reconsider the validity of an arbitration agreement signed by the son of a 93-year-old Atria Senior Living resident...
People in the news, Sept. 24
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Foster Stubbs
Sep 24, 2024
Appointments, promotions and other news at AHCA/NCAL, Baker Donelson, Discovery Senior Living, Distinctive Living, Erickson Senior Living, Experience Senior Living, Guardian, Hoffman Planning, Design &...
Inclusive wellness hubs can help providers change perceptions of senior living
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Sep 23, 2024
The baby boomers are here. The question is whether senior living operators are ready for them.
Proposal would add 1.3 million sustainable, affordable homes to battle supply shortfall
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Sep 23, 2024
Newly proposed legislation aims to tackle the nation’s housing supply shortfall — including affordable senior housing — by building and preserving up to 1.3 million homes to create a pipeline of...
LeadingAge ‘mystified’ that senior living is missing from framework for National Plan on Aging
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Sep 18, 2024
Calling residential care communities such as assisted living a “vital member” of their communities, LeadingAge said it was “mystified” by its lack of inclusion in the strategic framework for a...
HHS announces $19 million to build long-term care, acute care nurse workforce
By
Lois A. Bowers
Sep 18, 2024
The federal government on Tuesday announced $19 million in funding to five schools to help educate nurses to work in long-term care and acute healthcare settings.