JNL Technologies has announced the launch of a wearable Wander Monitoring Transmitter meant to provide discreet protection for residents who need it.
New Senior to pay $50 million to bring management in-house after strategic review
By
Lois A. Bowers
Aug 10, 2018
New Senior Investment Group expects to save $10 million annually by bringing its management in-house, the REIT announced Thursday as it released its second-quarter financial results. But first the company...
First two assisted living communities earn AHCA/NCAL Gold Quality Awards
Aug 10, 2018
Maine Veterans Home – Machias in Machias, ME, and Sunrise of Gurnee in Gurnee, IL, have become the first free-standing assisted living communities ever to attain the Gold – Excellence in Quality...
CVS looks to assisted living for future Omnicare success after disappointing quarter
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Lois A. Bowers
Aug 09, 2018
Assisted living figures prominently in the future plans that CVS Health executives shared Wednesday to improve performance in its Omnicare long-term care pharmacy business.
Brookdale road test of turnaround strategy leads to ‘renewed focus,’ CEO says
By
Lois A. Bowers
Aug 08, 2018
Recent visits that saw approximately 20 members of the company’s senior leadership team work in Brookdale Senior Living communities across the country affirmed that the company is on the right track...
Rent increase, acquisitions up revenue, income despite occupancy decline at Ensign
By
Lois A. Bowers
Aug 06, 2018
Revenue and income were up in Ensign Group’s assisted living and independent living services segment in the second quarter compared with the same quarter of 2017, as acquisitions and rent increases...
Going to extremes
By
Meg LaPorte
Aug 01, 2018
When it comes to infection control measures in senior living, medical waste disposal can’t be taken lightly. But operators actually might be overdoing it.
Sudden impact
By
John Andrews
Aug 01, 2018
Furnishings with a ‘wow factor’ can serve as a super marketing tool for communities while creating a comfortable environment for residents.
People in the news, July 31
By
Meredith Beirne
Jul 31, 2018
Retirements, appointments, promotions and awards at American Senior Communities, Autumn Leaves, the Benjamin Rose Institute on Aging, Brookdale Senior Living, Caring.com, Dial Retirement Communities, Emerald...
Assisted living community makes a business case to add skilled nursing
By
Lois A. Bowers
Jul 23, 2018
At a time when many senior living community owners and operators are reducing their number of skilled nursing beds and many investors are shying away from the property type, one Texas assisted living community...