Tim R. Johnston, Ph.D., senior director of national projects for LGBT elder advocacy organization SAGE, spent a year and a half working on his new book, “Welcoming LGBT Residents: A Practical Guide for...
Top 20 ‘LGBT-friendly’ cities for retirees named by website
By
Lois A. Bowers
Feb 28, 2018
A new list of the top “LGBT-friendly” cities for retirees contains 11 new metropolitan areas this year as well as nine returning cities that were on the inaugural list last year.
4 challenges that senior living leaders must address to thrive in 2024
By
Mark Bryan
Jan 16, 2024
Here are four challenges and their implications that leaders and companies could face that must be addressed if they are to thrive in 2024.
Operator agrees to pay $151,000 to settle EEOC retaliation lawsuit
By
Lois A. Bowers
Mar 12, 2020
A Maryland-based senior living company will pay $151,000 to resolve a federal retaliation lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, the federal agency announced Wednesday.
HUD now interprets Fair Housing Act to prohibit discrimination based on sexual orientation, gender identity
By
Lois A. Bowers
Feb 12, 2021
Elder advocacy organizations said Thursday that they welcomed an announcement by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development that it now interprets the Fair Housing Act to bar discrimination on...
CCRC discriminated against employees based on race, EEOC says
By
Lois A. Bowers
Sep 22, 2017
A Newburgh, IN, continuing care retirement community violated federal law because it accommodated residents’ preferences for caregivers based on race and allowed employees to be subjected to racial...
CCRC asks court to drop case alleging LGBT discrimination
By
Lois A. Bowers
Sep 18, 2018
A Missouri continuing care retirement community accused of discriminating against a married lesbian couple by denying them admission has asked a federal court to dismiss the case.
LGBT-friendly independent living building to open in Houston
Aug 16, 2019
Ground was broken Aug. 6 in Houston for the Montrose Center’s Law Harrington Senior Living Center.
Health and WELL-being for senior living operators
By
Rachel Hodgdon
Aug 15, 2022
The research tells us that when we put people at the center of our decision-making, not only do they thrive, but so does the business.
Making diversity, equity and inclusion do more than ‘count’
By
Geneva Stark, Ph.D.
Jeffrey Sun, J.D., Ph.D.
Heather Turner, Ph.D.
Todd Schmiedeler
Priscila Mattingly
Jun 21, 2021
Through focusing on belonging and enabling every employee to feel accepted and welcomed, senior living organizations can maintain a staff with the diversity of experiences and views necessary to thrive...