Long-term care challenges require federal attention: panel
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Dec 06, 2023
Determining assisted living’s value is part of a “significant and unavoidable issue” that thrust the sector under a hot national spotlight recently, thanks to a KFF Health News / New York Times series...
The needs of middle-class Americans over 55 often go unmet: SCEPA
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Dec 06, 2023
Many adults aged 55 and older who have difficulty with daily and instrumental activities aren’t getting the help they need, research associate Jessica Forden of the Schwartz Center for Economic Policy...
HCBS class-action lawsuit could be catalyst for elevating assisted living’s role in providing services
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Dec 05, 2023
Certification of a class-action lawsuit against New Hampshire’s home- and community-based services waiver program could be the catalyst for elevating assisted living as a viable Medicaid option, according...
Report: Alternative approaches to senior living, LTSS needed for growing older adult population
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Dec 01, 2023
Only 13% of adults aged 75 or more years who are living alone across 97 US metro areas can afford to move into an assisted living community without starting to cash in their assets, according to “Housing...
Is senior living prepared for the incoming wave of middle-income older adults?
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Lynne Moore
Nov 27, 2023
Senior housing operators, healthcare and other service providers and public policy makers are going to have to work together to develop creative solutions to serving this significant middle-income cohort.
Past provides inspiration as Landis Communities plots its future
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Nov 21, 2023
An original history of the first 30 years of one Pennsylvania-based provider’s journey proved prophetic as expansion plans circle back to the founder’s original vision of a community without walls.
Building for the middle market means a ‘fair product at a fair price’
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Nov 16, 2023
When Washington state-based Wesley embarked on a total redevelopment of its more than 80-year-old campus, executives reached into their history of mission and service to target a growing area of need:...
Senior living and care a ‘study of paradox,’ expert says
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Nov 15, 2023
Senior living and care today “is in many ways a study of paradox,” Aaron Becker, head of seniors housing and healthcare production at Lument, said Wednesday during a webinar sponsored by the commercial...
Senior living should be ‘hubs of revitalization,’ expert says
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Nov 08, 2023
Senior living in the future will be more of a “community hub, not the old-age ‘ghetto,’” predicted Bob Kramer, speaking Tuesday during a panel discussion at the 2023 Future of Health Summit sponsored...
Emerging tools for stroke rehabilitation include mobile app, ankle-foot robot
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Aaron Dorman
Nov 07, 2023
New tools developed by separate Hong Kong Universities include an app and robotic exoskeleton for stroke rehab.