$6 trillion spent, but targeted pandemic relief eludes assisted living industry
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jan 27, 2022
With $11 billion in Phase 4 Provider Relief Funds having gone out to 74,000 healthcare providers, including senior living providers, and $6 trillion in overall COVID-19-related aid having been spent across...
Resiliency training can help combat compassion fatigue
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Oct 25, 2023
The COVID-19 pandemic exposed senior living and other aging services workers to unprecedented trauma and loss. As the world emerges from those dark days, workers now are exhibiting compassion fatigue,...
Government oversteps authority in proposed rule that would increase costs, liabilities for assisted living...
By
Lois A. Bowers
May 07, 2018
A proposed rule that the Florida Department of Elder Affairs says addresses safety and quality issues in Sunshine State assisted living communities is being challenged by two associations representing...
Stepping up to safety
By
Julie E. Williamson
Dec 01, 2016
Wander management solutions let residents roam without the risk.
Welltower merger safe — for now — QCP says, as competitor surfaces
By
Lois A. Bowers
Jun 13, 2018
Quality Care Properties said Tuesday that its board continues to recommend that stockholders approve the merger agreement with real estate investment trust Welltower that was announced in April, although...
Size helps Brookdale in natural disasters, CEO says, but financial effects linger
By
Lois A. Bowers
Nov 08, 2017
Hurricanes, wildfires, generators, HCP and metrics of success were among the topics that executives of Brookdale Senior Living discussed with shareholders and analysts Tuesday on a third-quarter earnings...
Laws shielding healthcare professionals seeking mental health services could lead to protections in senior...
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
May 29, 2024
Although new laws in Georgia that create so-called safe-haven programs to protect healthcare professionals who seek mental health services are geared mainly toward physicians and nurses, backers say that...
Affinity Living tests light’s effects on residents living with dementia
Jun 24, 2019
New studies by Affinity Living Group and the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill aim to use light to reduce the number of falls or amount of agitation in residents living with dementia.
30 percent of COVID deaths in long-term care have occurred in assisted living: study
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Oct 19, 2020
Thirty percent of long-term care-related deaths from COVID-19 in the United States have occurred in assisted living communities and other care homes, whereas 70% have taken place in nursing homes, according...
Senior living operators are using a balanced, data-driven approach to reopening communities during the COVID-19 pandemic by continuously assessing risk, mitigating transmission and monitoring progress...