Boomer poll: Senior living tops home for dementia care
By
Lois A. Bowers
Mar 19, 2019
Older baby boomers’ top choice of where to live if they were to have dementia is a senior living community, according to the results of a new LeadingAge–NORC poll revealed Monday at the LeadingAge...
Older adults shifting to go-it-alone search process for senior living, marketplace platform CEO says
By
Aaron Dorman
Oct 18, 2023
With more and more older adults and their families conducting research about senior living communities online, at least one tech company is using data to help find better matches between prospective residents...
Virtual assistant, virtual reality get real tests at Civitas Senior Living
By
Lois A. Bowers
Jun 01, 2018
Fort Worth, TX-based management company Civitas Senior Living is testing Alexa and virtual reality programming in the Lone Star State.
Provider shares ‘telewellness playbook’ to address resident mental health
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Aug 26, 2022
As resident mental health and well-being top the list of challenges for affordable senior housing providers, one operator is sharing its playbook on a successful telewellness program.
Artificial intelligence ‘amplifying’ effect of scams against older adults
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Nov 17, 2023
Last year, older Americans reported losing more than $1.6 billion to fraud. And increasingly, scammers are using artificial intelligence to make their schemes more effective.
Nurse cleared of posting racist remarks on social media, but she and her senior living employer pay a...
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jun 30, 2020
A nursing supervisor at an assisted living and memory care community has been cleared of any wrongdoing after accusations that she sent racist messages to another woman. But she and her employer have paid...
EHR vendor to pay $155 million to settle False Claims Act case
By
Lois A. Bowers
May 31, 2017
Electronic health records vendor eClinicalWorks and some of its employees will pay a total of $155 million to resolve a False Claims Act lawsuit alleging that they misrepresented the capabilities of the...
COVID-19 payoff: More tech innovation
By
Lois A. Bowers
Jun 18, 2020
Dina Capek, health services director at Royal Oaks, a Sun City, AZ, retirement community with independent living, assisted living and memory care, recently spoke with McKnight’s Senior Living about how...
Congress advisers back permanent telehealth expansions, look to nix in-person rule for behavioral telehealth...
By
Kimberly Marselas
Apr 12, 2024
Maintaining Medicare access to telehealth services must remain a priority, members of a congressional advisory panel said Thursday.
Sunrise, Spectrum earn Gold in McKnight’s Technology Awards
By
Lois A. Bowers
Oct 01, 2018
Programs that ease the move-in process for residents and staff and that create “legacy messages” for residents have captured Gold Awards in the Transitions and Dignity categories, respectively, in...