Invesque closes on Commonwealth Senior Living acquisition in ‘pivotal moment’
By
Lois A. Bowers
Aug 02, 2019
Toronto-based Invesque has closed on its previously announced acquisition of Charlottesville, VA-based Commonwealth Senior Living and 17 private-pay senior living communities totaling 1,205 units and 1,469...
Brookdale Senior Living and real estate investment trust HCP Inc. on Tuesday touted the collaboration that led to $1 billion in “mutually beneficial” transactions that will alter the relationship between...
Financial official recommends checks and balances after CCRC employee allegedly pockets $118,000
By
Lois A. Bowers
Feb 06, 2020
The Tennessee Comptroller’s Office is reminding senior living companies and other organizations to include checks and balances in their financial processes to help ensure that fraud doesn’t occur,...
Pilot pop-up prioritizes pajamas
Feb 20, 2019
The nonprofit Elder Care Alliance recently held its first “pop-up shop” at Alma Via of Camarillo, Camarillo, CA.
Daughter sues operator after mother dies on bus after outing
By
Lois A. Bowers
Oct 13, 2016
A Tulsa, OK, senior living community is being sued by the daughter of a resident whose body was found on the community’s bus the day after she went on an outing with fellow residents.
People in the news, Nov. 24
By
Lois A. Bowers
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Nov 24, 2020
Appointments and honors at Acts Retirement-Life Communities, New Senior Investment Group, Phoebe Pharmacy, Presbyterian Home of Maryland and The SCAN Foundation.
Reports: COVID-19 forces relocation of 94 residents from senior home, governor gives a ‘shoutout’...
By
Lois A. Bowers
Mar 26, 2020
Residents from St. Joseph’s Senior Home Assisted Living & Nursing Center in Woodbridge, NJ, were relocated to another long-term care community 30 miles away on Wednesday after several residents and caregivers...
How to identify and retain engaged employees
By
Lois A. Bowers
Nov 01, 2016
Attracting and keeping employees who will be passionate about their work is crucial at a time when workforce challenges are a top issue facing senior living operators, speakers told those attending an...
16 Veteran VIPs are part of 2024 McKnight’s Women of Distinction class
By
Lois A. Bowers
Feb 14, 2024
Sixteen women working in senior living, skilled nursing or home care are being announced today as the fourth class of Veteran VIPs in the annual McKnight’s Women of Distinction awards program, a joint...
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”...