Welltower-commissioned effort seeks to establish quality standards for assisted living, memory care
By
Lois A. Bowers
Nov 30, 2018
Real estate investment trust Welltower has enlisted a group of senior living operators, academics, industry representatives and adult children of residents to develop care quality standards for its assisted...
Assisted living worker faces murder charge in freezing death
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Sep 27, 2022
An assisted living worker accused of failing to protect a resident from freezing to death faces a second-degree murder charge and up to 50 years in prison if convicted.
What’s the buzz? Beekeeping, brewing take senior living community by swarm
By
Nicole Blanchard
Jul 11, 2022
Vi at Highlands Ranch in Colorado has a new, one-of-a-kind microbrewery in its own back yard.
Think you’re protected by an arbitration agreement? You may be mistaken
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Feb 07, 2022
A recent California Court of Appeals decision regarding arbitration agreements is putting senior living operators in the state on notice about who signs those agreements.
Senior living operator ordered to pay $8.5 million for ‘systemic, egregious’ wage theft violations
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Oct 22, 2021
The owner of six California residential care facilities for the elderly must pay $8.5 million in citations over “systemic and egregious” wage theft violations after the state upheld an earlier finding.
Where no details are too small
By
John Andrews
Dec 01, 2017
Aspired Living of Westmont, IL, recently welcomed the public inside to see how progressive design fosters engagement, wellness and warmth.
McKnight’s welcomes inaugural class of 15 Veteran VIPs as Women of Distinction
By
Lois A. Bowers
Feb 18, 2021
Fifteen women who have worked in senior living or skilled nursing for more than 15 years are being recognized today as Veteran VIPs in the McKnight’s Women of Distinction awards program for 2021. The...
The Moments embraces technology to win Gold as Innovator of the Year
By
Liza Berger
Oct 11, 2019
Devotion to technological innovation helped The Moments, a 32-suite memory care community care in Lakeville, MN, win the top prize in the category of Innovator of the Year in the Senior Living track of...
Newspaper series sparks calls for assisted living regulatory changes
By
Lois A. Bowers
Oct 10, 2019
The governor and other elected officials in Georgia are discussing regulatory changes that would affect assisted living providers in the state after an Atlanta Journal-Constitution series reported that...
New options emerge
By
John Hall
Dec 04, 2018
Resident security in senior living today bears no resemblance to what it was just a decade ago. Locks and alarms — the stuff that long have defined resident security — always will be relevant. But...