HHS announces $15 billion in COVID-19 relief funding for assisted living operators, others
By
Lois A. Bowers
Jun 10, 2020
The Department of Health and Human Services will distribute approximately $15 billion in grants to eligible state Medicaid and Children’s Health Insurance Program providers, including assisted living...
Entries due today for McKnight’s Tech Awards
Jun 01, 2021
Today is the deadline for receipt of nominations for the 2021 McKnight’s Excellence in Technology Awards. Entries will be accepted until just before midnight ET (11:59 p.m. ET). No further extensions...
Federal government sues Wisconsin operator over flu shot requirement
By
Lois A. Bowers
Mar 07, 2018
The Justice Department announced Tuesday that it has sued a Wisconsin county that operates a senior living community, alleging that the community discriminated against an employee by not granting her a...
Acts Retirement-Life Communities, one of the country’s largest senior living and care operators, is moving its corporate headquarters, the company announced Tuesday.
Trump administration’s proposed spending cuts threaten affordable housing, group says
By
Lois A. Bowers
Jan 12, 2017
National Low Income Housing Coalition President and CEO Diane Yentel said she is encouraged by Ben Carson’s seemingly newfound appreciation for HUD programs but not by his reiteration of President-elect...
Adding a human touch to human resources
By
Lois A. Bowers
Oct 14, 2019
Capital Senior Living’s Jeremy Falke talks about ways the company is attracting and keeping talent.
Utah camera bill headed to governor’s desk
By
Lois A. Bowers
Mar 03, 2016
The Utah bill that would require assisted living communities to grant resident requests to install monitoring equipment in their rooms soon will be headed to the desk of Gov. Gary Herbert, where the bill’s...
$2.9 million study will seek ways to detect dementia earlier
By
Lois A. Bowers
Sep 04, 2019
Researchers from Florida State University will use a $2.9 million grant from the National Institute on Aging of the National Institutes of Health to try to discover earlier ways to detect and treat age-related...
Nation’s second law for resident cameras in assisted living rooms gets closer
By
Lois A. Bowers
Jan 20, 2016
Utah could become only the second state to require that assisted living communities grant requests from residents or their representatives to operate or install cameras in resident rooms if a bill being...
Monday is standard deadline for McKnight’s Tech Awards
By
Lois A. Bowers
Jun 28, 2024
Monday is the standard deadline for the McKnight’s Excellence in Technology Awards program.