Advance care planning and assisted living residents
By
Wayne McCormick, MD, MPH
Nancy E. Lundebjerg, MPA
Aug 19, 2015
For older adults, many of whom live in assisted living communities, advance care planning conversations are very important.
National Assisted Living Week theme honors essential caregivers in 2020
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jun 05, 2020
With a nod to essential frontline caregivers battling COVID-19, “Caring is EssentiAL” has been announced as the theme of this year’s National Assisted Living Week.
MFCU efforts result in 20 convictions, $9.41 million in recoveries related to assisted living in FY 2023:...
By
Lois A. Bowers
Mar 18, 2024
Efforts by state Medicaid Fraud Control Units resulted in a total of 20 criminal convictions and $9.41 million in criminal case recoveries related to assisted living in fiscal year 2023, according to a...
Regulation clarifies fingerprint requirements for working in assisted living communities
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Oct 05, 2022
Legislation clarifying who needs to be fingerprinted to work at an assisted living community recently went into effect in Arizona.
Assisted living’s ‘unique challenges’ warrant special attention in pandemic, emergency response...
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jun 16, 2021
The first national study of COVID-19-related mortality in U.S. assisted living communities shows a “crucial need” for specific attention to such residences in pandemic and other emergency responses.
Senior living providers among recipients of $7.5 billion in American Rescue Plan Rural COVID-19 relief...
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Nov 24, 2021
Assisted living providers are among those that are receiving American Rescue Plan rural payments to help with financial effects from the pandemic.
72 percent of middle-income older adults won’t be able to afford assisted living by 2033: study
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Sep 01, 2022
More than 11 million older adults (72%) will not be able to afford assisted living by 2033, and they likely won’t qualify for Medicaid to pay their long-term care needs either, according to a new analysis...
Negotiated risk agreements may mitigate ligation exposure, experts say
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Sep 29, 2022
Negotiated risk agreements between an assisted living community and a resident (or his or her power of attorney) can help the operator in the event of a lawsuit, according to nationwide law firm Baker,...
Tool may help address care, staffing challenges in assisted living
By
Lois A. Bowers
Aug 21, 2016
A intervention recently pilot-tested in private-pay home healthcare settings one day might help improve coordination of care, reduce hospitalizations and improve caregiver retention in assisted living,...
CEAL names new board chair as search for executive director begins
By
Lois A. Bowers
Dec 09, 2015
NCAL’s Lindsay B. Schwartz, Ph.D., has been named chairwoman of the Center for Excellence in Assisted Living Board of Directors. Her appointment comes a week after CEAL announced it is seeking a...