Report: Alternative approaches to senior living, LTSS needed for growing older adult population
By
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...
Resident falls account for 75 percent of insurance claims with payment in senior living
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Mar 06, 2023
Resident falls claims continue to be the primary insurance loss driver for senior living providers, according to a new report.
State support of hospice, home healthcare services in assisted living supports residents’ wishes to...
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Oct 10, 2022
Residents living in states with supportive regulations around hospice and home healthcare were more likely to die in their assisted living “homes” rather than transition to skilled nursing care at...
15 and fit: An operator’s perspective on 15 years in senior living
By
Shelley Esden
May 01, 2023
Older Americans will soon outnumber their children — something that will change the face of senior living and change the world in ways we have yet to imagine.
Assisted living held up as solution to ‘loneliness epidemic’
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
May 05, 2023
The senior living industry is holding the assisted living model up as a solution to strengthening social connections for older adults in the wake of the US Surgeon General’s advisory on the public health...
7 percent of long-term care municipal bonds are in default: report
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
May 24, 2023
Seven percent of senior living and care-related municipal bonds are in default, compared with a default rate of less than 1% for all state and local government debt, Bloomberg reported Monday.
Assisted living providers must pay attention to Medicaid beneficiary protections in HCBS regulations,...
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Oct 13, 2023
Assisted living providers might be breaking state and federal laws in refusing to accept Medicaid or in attempting to evict residents without giving them an opportunity to appeal, according to two elder...
Senate report contains to-do list to beef up emergency preparedness in assisted living
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Feb 24, 2023
Federal, state and local government agencies should require assisted living providers to improve disaster planning, increase transparency and have emergency backup power, recommends a new Senate report...
Senior living diversifying as it matures: NIC
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Nov 22, 2022
Numerous factors are helping the senior housing industry evolves and matures. That’s according to the National Investment Center for Seniors Housing & Care.
Court weighs liability category in assisted living lawsuit
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Oct 11, 2022
The Texas Supreme Court is weighing whether a lawsuit against an assisted living community over a resident’s fall should be considered a premises liability or healthcare liability claim. Their decision...