22 operators on new ‘Best Workplaces’ list celebrated by senior living organizations
By
Lois A. Bowers
Sep 28, 2018
Twenty-two of the 40 senior living and care operators named to Fortune’s first-ever “Best Workplaces for Aging Services” list, released Thursday, are especially active in senior living as evidenced...
Senior Star tops new ‘Best Workplaces’ list for senior living
By
Lois A. Bowers
Sep 27, 2018
SPECIAL REPORT: Senior Star earned the top spot among senior living-dominant operators ranked in the first-ever “Best Workplaces for Aging Services” list published by Fortune magazine this morning.
16 assisted living operators to help Alzheimer’s Association test dementia care program
By
Lois A. Bowers
Sep 20, 2018
Sixteen assisted living operators across 12 states and the nation’s capital have signed on to help test an Alzheimer’s Association program that could enhance the care of residents with dementia.
First two assisted living communities earn AHCA/NCAL Gold Quality Awards
Aug 10, 2018
Maine Veterans Home – Machias in Machias, ME, and Sunrise of Gurnee in Gurnee, IL, have become the first free-standing assisted living communities ever to attain the Gold – Excellence in Quality...
‘Busy and productive’ quarter includes numerous Brookdale transitions, HCP says
By
Lois A. Bowers
Aug 03, 2018
The second quarter was a “busy and productive” one for HCP, during which time the real estate investment trust completed the majority of its previously announced transitions of Brookdale Senior...
NCAL announces 2018 award winners
Jul 26, 2018
The National Center for Assisted Living has announced the recipients of the 2018 NCAL Awards Program, who will be honored in October at the 69th Annual AHCA/NCAL Annual Convention & Expo in San Diego.
Senior living communities discriminated against deaf residents, lawsuit alleges
By
Lois A. Bowers
Jul 06, 2018
Fourteen senior living communities are the targets of a federal lawsuit that alleges they discriminated against prospective residents who are deaf, based on undercover interactions with “testers”...
Welltower, Hines break ground on Manhattan assisted living high-rise
By
Lois A. Bowers
Mar 07, 2018
Real estate investment trust Welltower and international real estate firm Hines officially broke ground Monday for a 16-story, 130,000-square-foot tower that will house Midtown Manhattan’s first...
It’s time for national standards in assisted living, authors argue
By
Lois A. Bowers
Feb 27, 2018
The assisted living industry should look to the skilled nursing industry for standards that could be implemented to help improve resident care and operators’ bottom lines, said the authors of an...
Welltower hopes Brookdale gets ‘back to the basics’
By
Lois A. Bowers
Feb 26, 2018
Welltower executives said that they hope Brookdale Senior Living can focus on fundamentals now that the company has announced turnaround plans that include a management shake-up in the wake of the rejection...