COVID testing program uses artificial intelligence to maximize limited resources in senior living
By
Lois A. Bowers
Jan 12, 2021
A somewhat rare use of artificial intelligence in senior living is helping an operator maximize limited resources by predicting the severity of COVID-19 symptoms in residents to determine who should be...
An unsung benefit of CCRCs
By
Lois A. Bowers
Jan 23, 2017
Many continuing care retirement / life plan communities offer a benefit that is not mentioned explicitly on their websites but could be a source of comfort to prospective residents.
Long-term care groups, 490 others, call for enactment of COVID-related legal protections ‘as soon as...
By
Lois A. Bowers
Aug 10, 2020
Proposed legislation that would protect healthcare providers from COVID-19-related lawsuits “is critically needed and should be enacted as soon as possible,” 495 organizations, including several associations...
Relief payment formula ‘a slap in the face’ to assisted living, industry leaders say
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Dec 16, 2021
Calling the federal government’s methodology for determining COVID-19 relief payments “unconscionable,” one senior living association said it amounts to “a slap in the face” to caregivers.
Assisted living facility found negligent in death involving resident-owned mechanical lift
By
Lois A. Bowers
Jan 07, 2019
A Minnesota assisted living facility has been found negligent for a resident death that occurred two days after the resident sustained a head injury during a transfer from an electric wheelchair to a bed...
Proposed legislation aims to make long-term care insurance more affordable
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jul 26, 2021
Proposed legislation supported by some senior living associations would allow individuals to pay for long-term care insurance from existing retirement accounts without a tax penalty.
People in the news, Aug. 6
By
Mallory Hackett
Aug 06, 2019
Appointments, promotions and other news involving the American Health Care Association, Army Distaff Foundation, Asbury Place Maryville, Brookmeade Community, Elderwood Assisted Living, Friends Home &...
Five Star becomes first organization to start new J.D. Power Senior Living Community Certification process
By
Lois A. Bowers
Jul 24, 2018
Five Star Senior Living has become the first organization to commit to a new community certification program that one industry expert says could “take the industry to its next level.”
Prepare now for next spring’s time change
By
Lois A. Bowers
Mar 12, 2018
It happens every year in most of the country, and every year, people complain about daylight saving time, that day when we move the clocks ahead one hour, losing an hour of sleep. We can take steps today...
More staffing, training could reduce deaths from dementia-related resident-on-resident incidents, researcher...
By
Lois A. Bowers
Jun 11, 2018
Addressing staffing and training issues could help reduce the number of deaths from resident-on-resident incidents involving assisted living and nursing home residents with dementia, says the author of...