If senior living wants to avoid the poor reputation so prevalent across skilled care, it must get serious about keeping its house in order. The most obvious way to do this is a two-step approach.
The COVID-19 turn of the screw
By
Liza Berger
Aug 27, 2021
This move toward mandates no doubt is a bitter pill for providers to swallow.
‘It’s pretty clear that 2021 is the year of healthcare at home’
By
Liza Berger
May 21, 2021
If the construction industry could talk, it might say that home care has chutzpah.
The clock is ticking for a long-term care financing solution
By
Lois A. Bowers
Apr 12, 2021
Will a new report on long-term care financing spur action where others have not? Time will tell. But time is of the essence.
Senior living’s slide into the welfare class
By
John O'Connor
Sep 03, 2020
The push for support for assisted living from Uncle Sam is intensifying. But as any skilled care operator will remind you, Uncle Sam tends to be a very demanding business partner.
Have they lost their minds?
By
John O'Connor
May 14, 2020
We are seeing some pandemic responses that are real jaw-droppers.
CEO who fired himself has advice, predictions for you
By
Lois A. Bowers
Jul 23, 2018
Chances are good that you or someone you know will be in the same position as a Virginia senior living CEO who recently decided to fire himself to try to help the community survive. That CEO has some advice...
Why skilled care’s pain could be senior living’s gain
By
John O'Connor
Feb 15, 2018
If you can deliver post-acute care at a lower cost than the skilled care joint down the street, you just might find yourself swimming in a very nice new revenue stream.
Medicaid, the Trojan horse of senior living
By
John O'Connor
Feb 08, 2018
Like the citizens of Troy who failed to realize a hollow wooden horse contained something terrible, senior living operators have ignored the real threat Medicaid might unleash: federal rules and regulations.
Nine characteristics of affordable assisted living
By
Brett Murphy
Steve Kennedy
Aug 28, 2017
For the seniors housing and care industry, now is the time to invest in and develop more affordable assisted living options.