CEAL report latest effort to aid providers in evolving healthcare environment
By
Lois A. Bowers
Aug 14, 2016
A new report from the Center for Excellence in Assisted Living is designed to help communities improve quality and increase value in the evolving healthcare system. The project falls under one of the four...
Assisted living CEO salary increases fell last year to 1.33 percent
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jan 26, 2023
Average salaries for assisted living community presidents/CEOs across the country increased 1.33% over the past year, down from the 4.12% increase the executives received in the previous year, according...
Older adults: Images, reality don’t always match
By
Lois A. Bowers
Oct 21, 2019
A new campaign by AARP and Getty Images certainly fits nicely with LeadingAge’s important vision to “permanently change the image of aging in our society,” but it was another organization that came...
How to protect your community from inappropriate use of social media use by employees
By
Lois A. Bowers
Oct 19, 2017
Senior living operators can take steps to reduce risk related to social media use by employees, according to Kristi Eldredge, RN, JD, CPHRM, senior patient safety consultant at medical liability insurance...
Assisted living finds itself at troubling crossroads
By
John O'Connor
Apr 04, 2019
It’s no secret that more assisted living communities are competing with skilled care operators for high-need residents. But a recent piece in the New York Times is sure to raise troubling questions about...
43 friends in the Senate
By
Lois A. Bowers
Aug 30, 2021
The drumbeat continues for more funding to help senior living and care providers simply survive in the wake of all of the pandemic-related expenses they have incurred. Or simply the release of funding...
More than 201,000 in long-term care have died from COVID, but just how many more?
By
Lois A. Bowers
Feb 07, 2022
A full accounting of COVID deaths among long-term care residents and staff members is not available because the federal government only collects data from Medicare and Medicaid-certified nursing facilities.
Staffing, drugs, bullies top senior living challenges
By
James M. Berklan
Oct 09, 2018
Senior living operators and association officials discussed major trends facing operators Monday at the American Health Care Association / National Center for Assisted Living convention, and it didn’t...
61 percent of assisted living operators say workforce issues might force them to close
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Sep 23, 2021
Sixty-one percent of assisted living operators responding to a recent survey by the American Health Care Association / National Center for Assisted Living said they fear that workforce issues will force...
CMS’ HCBS access rule adds burdens, industry says
By
Lois A. Bowers
Aug 09, 2023
Compensation spending requirement, quality measures are the focus of comments that groups submitted to the federal government.