Here’s a look at some of the news that occupied many minds in senior living over the past year.
Transition game
By
John Andrews
Feb 01, 2017
For many residents, getting into and out of bathtubs can be fraught with danger. Fortunately, advancements in product design and workplace solutions make the transition less problematic.
Brookdale, Holiday on NHI CEO’s ‘worry list’
By
Lois A. Bowers
Nov 09, 2017
National Health Investors is watching the performance of Brookdale Senior Living and Holiday Retirement very closely, the real estate investment trust’s president and CEO, Eric Mendelsohn, said Wednesday...
Brookdale announces $400 million sale of majority stake in home health, hospice, therapy business to...
By
Lois A. Bowers
Feb 24, 2021
Brookdale Senior Living has agreed to sell its majority stake in Brookdale Health Care Services — provider of home health, hospice and therapy services — to HCA Healthcare, the country’s largest...
Brookdale Senior Living announces board nominations, passes on activist shareholder picks
By
Lois A. Bowers
Aug 29, 2019
Brentwood, TN-based Brookdale Senior Living announced Wednesday the two nominees that members of its Board of Directors unanimously have proposed to succeed two board members who are stepping down. In...
5 states with high liability costs
By
Lois A. Bowers
Nov 19, 2015
A new report details the states where costs to settle, defend or litigate liability claims are the highest and lowest, as well as the states where claims frequency is increasing.
Pennsylvania senior living community defies state guidance to continue restrictions
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jun 09, 2020
A Pennsylvania senior living community is defying the state’s continued visitation restriction recommendations to allow family members to once again visit residents.
Nominee for CMS administrator would bring ‘solid experience,’ home care leader says
By
Joe Jancsurak
Feb 23, 2021
Home care association leaders welcomed President Biden’s recent choice of Chiquita Brooks-LaSure as the next administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.
Memory care worker pleads guilty to abuse after co-worker records her interactions with resident
By
Lois A. Bowers
Sep 11, 2017
A caregiver at a Minnesota assisted living community pleaded guilty to abuse of a vulnerable adult last week after a co-worker recorded her on a cellphone taunting, restraining and swearing at a resident...
Monitoring Provider Relief Fund will provide lessons, inform future policymaking: report
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Sep 02, 2022
Given the “controversy” surrounding the $178 billion distributed through the COVID-19 Provider Relief Fund, monitoring the impact of the fund will provide valuable lessons for pandemic recovery and...