Those working in the senior living field may have conflicting opinions as to the appropriateness of evolving terminology such as life plan community, but it makes good business sense to consider language...
New name, existing programs for Five Star, executives say
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Lois A. Bowers
Mar 05, 2017
A new name and established programs will carry Five Star Senior Living through 2017, executives told shareholders, analysts and others participating in an earnings call on Friday.
CEOs: Staff correctly to avoid acuity-related issues
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Lois A. Bowers
May 15, 2016
Senior living operators that have defined their target populations and maintain that focus are more likely to avoid acuity creep challenges that can lead to trouble for their companies and make a bad name...
A new business model for assisted living?
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Lois A. Bowers
Oct 08, 2015
Will the future of assisted living see providers coordinating health and long-term care services to benefit their residents and save the healthcare system money? Healthcare policy researcher David Grabowski,...
New Senior to pay $50 million to bring management in-house after strategic review
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Lois A. Bowers
Aug 10, 2018
New Senior Investment Group expects to save $10 million annually by bringing its management in-house, the REIT announced Thursday as it released its second-quarter financial results. But first the company...
House tax bill foes decry potential effects on seniors’ medical costs, housing
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Lois A. Bowers
Nov 10, 2017
Advocates for senior living and affordable housing have expressed opposition to H.R. 1, the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, proposed by Republicans in the House of Representatives, because it eliminates the medical...
Kramer: NIC transition will ‘focus my passion’
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Lois A. Bowers
Jun 30, 2017
As Robert Kramer prepares to pass the CEO baton to Brian Jurutka at the National Investment Center for Seniors Housing & Care, both discuss the organization’s past and future in this exclusive interview.
How Brookdale is tackling turnover
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Lois A. Bowers
Sep 08, 2016
Fully integrating Brookdale Senior Living and Emeritus Senior Living and addressing the “administrative burden” facing community leaders have been keys to reducing staff departures at the company,...
Moving toward gender equality
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Lois A. Bowers
Jan 22, 2019
I’m pulling for a day when instruments such as the Gender Equality Index won’t be needed, because equality will be something that serves as an assumed basis from which other actions stem. Until that...
Monitoring, documenting technologies popular among providers, LeadingAge and Ziegler find
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Lois A. Bowers
Nov 12, 2019
Safety monitoring technologies and electronic documentation technologies are among the most widely adopted technologies at the largest not-for-profit multi-site senior living and care organizations surveyed...