Senior living occupancy falls slightly in first quarter as industry braces for COVID-19 impact
By
Lois A. Bowers
Apr 10, 2020
Senior living occupancy fell slightly in the first quarter, according to NIC, but the data do not yet reflect the effects of COVID-19. Meanwhile, a new report from Marcus & Millichap predicts how senior...
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Older adults ride in Google’s self-driving cars … Costs skyrocket for federal long-term care insurance … Medicare proposes changes to payments for Alzheimer’s, diabetes care …...
Complex disease management programs aims to help residents map out their best lives
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jan 31, 2022
Nazareth Home residents with extreme complex medical conditions that require attention from multiple medical experts will have access to a new program that creates a personalized treatment plan for them...
Meet Christiana Bonsu, Veteran VIP honoree
By
Emma Baumgartel
Jul 08, 2021
Christiana Bonsu, director of resident care at Five Star Senior Living’s Somerford Place Columbia in Columbia, MD, is a member of the 2021 class of McKnight’s Women of Distinction as a Veteran...
CDC: More than one-third of those 75+ not physically active
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Lois A. Bowers
Sep 15, 2016
A new study from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention finds that 26.9% of people aged 65 to 74 years and 35.3% of people aged 75 or more years are not physically active beyond the basic movements...
Senior living provider experiences second ingestion-related resident death in less than a week
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Sep 06, 2022
An Atria Senior Living resident in California has died after having a “negative reaction” to something he ingested.
Meet Kristina Wright, 2022 Rising Star honoree
By
Max Bachmann
Aug 10, 2022
Learn more about Kristina Wright, nursing home administrator, The Bay at Suring Health and Rehabilitation Center, Suring, WI.
President’s $400B proposal to invest in Medicaid HCBS represents ‘historic opportunity,’ Democratic...
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Liza Berger
May 13, 2021
Democratic congressmen and long-term care worker advocates beat the drum Wednesday for President Biden’s plan to invest $400 billion in Medicaid home- and community-based services.
California tops list of states offering best long-term care services for older adults
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Aug 30, 2021
A comparison of cost, access and quality has launched California to the top of MedicareGuide’s list of top states for long-term care.
Bill capping punitive damages against facilities fails in Pennsylvania
By
Lois A. Bowers
Jun 26, 2018
A bill to cap punitive damages awarded in lawsuits against assisted living communities, personal care homes and nursing homes was defeated 103-91 Monday in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives.