U.S. News & World Report has launched a “Best Senior Living” initiative with the goal of releasing inaugural listings for consumers in the first quarter of 2022. The program will cover individual...
‘Silver Stars’ will showcase older adult talents; submissions due Sept. 6
Sep 01, 2021
The showcase, for U.S. residents aged 65 and older, is being coordinated by Saltbox TV, a media platform developed for older adults and driven by older adults, which features content curated or created...
Could active adult housing be a solution to the middle-market affordability challenge?
By
Jim Moore
Aug 31, 2021
Several operators/providers are attempting to develop products to address this challenge.
Louisiana’s home care agencies now battling two fronts: pandemic, hurricane damage
By
Diane Eastabrook
Aug 31, 2021
As Hurricane Ida left a path of destruction in her wake Monday morning, Louisiana Home Care Association CEO Warren Hebert was busy reaching out to members to assess damage.
McKnight’s Senior Living wins four first place awards in journalism competition
Aug 30, 2021
McKnight’s Senior Living has won four first place awards in the Ohio’s Best Journalism competition, sponsored by the Cleveland, Columbus and Cincinnati chapters of the Society of Professional Journalists.
Long-term care operator Diversicare to be acquired by DAC Acquisition
By
Lois A. Bowers
Aug 27, 2021
Brentwood, TN-based Diversicare Healthcare Services will be acquired by New York-based retirement assets manager DAC Acquisition, the company announced Friday morning. The transaction is expected to close...
Holiday announces COVID shot mandate one day after full approval of Pfizer vaccine
By
Lois A. Bowers
Aug 25, 2021
The country’s largest independent living operator, Winter Park, FL-based Holiday Retirement, is requiring its more than 6,300 employees to receive their first COVID-19 vaccine by Oct. 4, the company...
Culture, communication, wellness efforts make for ‘Best Workplaces’
By
Lois A. Bowers
Aug 23, 2021
As the coronavirus pandemic has continued into 2021, senior living providers have put more emphasis on the mental and physical health of their employees, and those efforts have paid dividends in the form...
50 senior living and care companies honored on ‘Best Workplaces’ lists for 2021
By
Lois A. Bowers
Aug 20, 2021
Fifty companies providing residential senior living and care are in the spotlight after Fortune announced its Best Workplaces for Aging Services lists for 2021, the fourth round of such lists Fortune has...
Former LeadingAge Board Chair, Ecumen CEO Kathryn Roberts remembered as ‘transformational leader’
By
Lois A. Bowers
Aug 18, 2021
Industry professionals are remembering former LeadingAge Board of Directors Chair and Ecumen President and CEO Kathryn Roberts, Ph.D., as a “transformational leader” as well as a visionary, a mentor...