National Health Investors amends Holiday Retirement lease, with eye toward long term
By
Lois A. Bowers
Nov 07, 2018
National Health Investors has restructured the lease agreement for the 25 Holiday Retirement communities in its portfolio in an effort to position the properties for long-term success, the real estate...
Community cited for neglect after resident’s fall not discovered for 10 hours
By
Lois A. Bowers
Jan 30, 2018
The operators of a Minnesota assisted living and memory care community say they took “swift and immediate action” after a resident’s fall reportedly went undetected for 10 hours and she...
People in the news, March 17
Mar 17, 2020
Appointments and promotions at Carolina Meadows, Masonic Villages, Methodist Retirement Communities, Youngstown Area Jewish Federation and more.
Report: Senior living residents receiving unsolicited calls to transfer prescriptions
By
Lois A. Bowers
Jan 16, 2020
Some assisted living and independent living residents are receiving unsolicited calls to move their prescriptions from their independent pharmacies to a mail order service, according to a media report,...
Activist shareholder again calls for Brookdale Senior Living to consider separating real estate, operations
By
Lois A. Bowers
Jul 17, 2019
Activist shareholder Land & Buildings on Tuesday repeated the recommendation that Brookdale Senior Living sell assets or separate its real estate and its management company into two separate companies...
Brookdale Senior Living announces annual meeting date, prepares for proxy contest
By
Lois A. Bowers
Sep 19, 2019
Brookdale Senior Living’s annual meeting will be Oct. 29, the company said in a Wednesday filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission of definitive proxy materials that include arguments to shareholders...
Assisted living gets a break on EPA hazardous waste pharmaceutical rule
By
Lois A. Bowers
Jan 14, 2019
Assisted living communities can breathe a sigh of relief now that Environmental Protection Agency Acting Administrator Andrew Wheeler has signed the agency’s final rule regarding the disposal of hazardous...
Meet Jaclyn Pritchett, Rising Star honoree
By
Lois A. Bowers
Jun 29, 2020
Jaclyn Pritchett, vice president, human resources – field operations, Brookdale Senior Living, Brentwood, TN, is in the 2020 class of the McKnight’s Women of Distinction as a Rising Star.
Big senior living stories of 2023
By
Lois A. Bowers
Dec 21, 2023
The long shadow of the pandemic continued to recede in 2023, although the senior living profession continued to feel its effects. The COVID-19 public emergency ended May 11. Wage growth has declined but...
Touchtown acquired by Uniguest
Mar 07, 2019
Senior living technology company Touchtown has been acquired by outsourced technology company Uniguest, the companies announced Wednesday.