Assisted living operators have marketed themselves as “un-nursing homes.” But the field may have just made that position more difficult to defend.
Why aren’t we hearing more about this payment source?
By
John O'Connor
Jun 16, 2022
When it comes to senior living payments, private long-term care insurance has been exiled to the children’s table.
New overtime rules not much to cheer about
By
John O'Connor
May 19, 2016
The new overtime mandates are going to be a bad deal, for everyone.
Senior living’s challenge of omission and commission
By
John O'Connor
Sep 22, 2022
Long-term care could be made better with funding from Congress. But for now, it appears we’ll have to settle for a congressional commission.
Two new developments that might give senior living operators labor pains
By
John O'Connor
Apr 26, 2018
Two entities outside this sector just got seriously slapped for dubious labor practices. Wise senior living operators would do well to take a lesson or two here.
It’s time for senior living leaders to man up
By
John O'Connor
Nov 30, 2017
Here’s my advice to the many men out there running senior living firms.
Waste not, why not?
By
John O'Connor
Feb 21, 2019
Say what you will about the latest billionaire governor of Illinois, he’s very generous. At least when it comes to spending other peoples’ money.
Assisted living manager gets 2-year sentence, federal charges still pending
By
John O'Connor
Aug 04, 2016
A Baltimore man who operated an assisted living community without a license has been sentenced to a two-year prison term.
Pandemic undermines Medicaid block grant approach: report
By
John O'Connor
Apr 17, 2020
Some policymakers have pushed Medicaid block grants as a way to reform and improve the federal-state program. But an ongoing pandemic reveals how such an approach could be harmful to states and those served,...
McKnight’s 40 for 40: Robert G. Kramer
By
John O'Connor
Feb 24, 2020
When people discuss how freely capital now flows in this sector, demographics and a strong economy usually get the credit. Often overlooked is the man perhaps most responsible for opening the spigot.