Brookdale announces hire for newly created president of senior living position, Cindy Kent
By
Lois A. Bowers
Dec 04, 2019
Brentwood, TN-based Brookdale Senior Living, the country’s largest senior living provider, has created a new position of executive vice president and president of senior living and has hired Cindy R....
Assisted living, memory care construction big for 2016
By
Lois A. Bowers
Feb 09, 2016
Assisted living and memory care are expected be the focus of senior living construction projects in 2016, according to the results of a new survey of 295 senior living leaders by Lancaster Pollard.
Assisted living community reworking disaster plan after leaving resident behind during hurricane evacuation
By
Lois A. Bowers
Oct 12, 2017
A Texas assisted living community is changing its disaster preparedness strategy after a memory care resident was left behind during an evacuation in advance of Hurricane Harvey.
People in the news, April 28
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Apr 28, 2020
Appointments and promotions at Brookdale Senior Living, Castle Senior Living, Jefferson’s Ferry, National Health Investors and White Horse Village.
People in the news, Sept. 14
By
Caroline Szachnowski
Sep 14, 2021
Appointments and promotions at Anthem Memory Care, Asbury Communities, ATI Advisory, Bridge Senior Living, Legacy Senior Living, PointClick Care and Retirement Unlimited Inc.
Illinois governor moves into veterans home that has history of Legionnaires’ cases
By
Lois A. Bowers
Jan 05, 2018
Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner on Wednesday temporarily moved into a veterans’ home in the spotlight for multiple Legionnaires’ outbreaks. The move came a day before federal health officials sent...
Senior living community for football players now set to open in 2020
By
Lois A. Bowers
Sep 05, 2017
As the regular National Football League season gets underway, the Pro Football Hall of Fame has announced that its 143-bed senior living community for retired professional football players should be complete...
Study: Resident violence against long-term care workers has become ‘normalized’
By
Lois A. Bowers
Mar 27, 2019
Violence against staff members of long-term care facilities has become “normalized,” affecting worker morale and health as well as quality of life for residents, according to the results of a new study...
Business briefs, Feb. 4
Feb 04, 2019
News from the Acts Retirement-Life Communities, American Senior Communities, Campo Felice, Douglas Wilson Companies, Kendal Corp., Masterpiece Living, Ohio Masonic Home, Senior Dining Association, Senioridy,...
Operator faces $1.5M wrongful death lawsuit over failure to conduct timely background check
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jan 29, 2021
A Kansas assisted living community is facing a $1.5 million wrongful death lawsuit alleging “grossly wanton and negligent” actions in failing to conduct a timely background check on an employee now...