Momentum picks up in senior living construction: ASHA brief
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Aug 27, 2021
Lumber costs are slowly coming down from pandemic highs, but labor costs continue to rise along with a shortage of skilled labor, Senior Vice President Larry Graeve and Chief Estimator Amy Burk of The...
‘Joint employer’ ruling appeal case arguments to begin Thursday
By
Lois A. Bowers
Mar 08, 2017
Oral arguments are set to begin Thursday in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit as Browning-Ferris Industries looks to overturn a 2015 decision by the National Labor Relations...
1,650 workers at facilities in receivership get paychecks
By
Lois A. Bowers
Apr 10, 2018
The approximately 1,650 employees working at the 10 assisted living communities and 21 nursing homes in Nebraska that were put into receivership on March 23 were paid last week, according to the consulting...
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”...
20 percent tax deduction awaits some assisted living operators but eludes skilled nursing providers
By
Lois A. Bowers
Jan 23, 2019
A 20% business income tax deduction under the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act could be awaiting some assisted living communities, according to final regulations issued by the federal government on Friday. Skilled...
Assisted living to receive 15 million more COVID tests, but more support needed, provider groups say
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Sep 30, 2020
Assisted living communities will receive 15 million additional COVID-19 rapid, point-of-care antigen tests in the coming weeks, President Donald Trump announced Monday in providing an update on the nation’s...
Memory care workers recorded, shared ‘humiliating’ videos of residents, report says
By
Lois A. Bowers
Feb 09, 2017
Employees of a Minnesota memory care community abused residents by taking “disparaging and humiliating” videos of them on their cellphones — capturing residents sitting on the toilet or making...
States should fund senior living, relax visitation restrictions, association leaders tell governors
By
Lois A. Bowers
Mar 12, 2021
The National Governors Association should “strongly encourage” state governments to provide financial relief to senior living providers and caregivers for COVID-19-related expenses, Argentum President...
A river runs through it
By
John Andrews
May 10, 2017
Trilogy’s North River Health Campus connects with River Pointe and West River properties to provide a spectrum of services for local residents.
Five Star Senior Living restructuring plan overwhelmingly approved
By
Lois A. Bowers
Jun 12, 2019
An overwhelming 83.9% of Five Star Senior Living shares were voted in favor of a provision key to restructuring the company’s business arrangement with Senior Housing Properties Trust at Five Star’s...