Long-term care’s caregiving sectors — assisted living, skilled nursing and home care — share problems and needs in varying degrees. But what they get from researchers in the field is seldom what...
Medicaid changes could help assisted living help more older adults
By
Joseph DeMattos Jr.
Jun 20, 2023
There is enough room for quality assisted living providers of every size as long as we remain focused on quality and safety, funding and support, adequate and well-thought-out regulation, and better healthcare...
Should Medicaid protect $8 trillion from private senior living costs?
By
Stephen A. Moses
Aug 09, 2021
By enforcing and publicizing Medicaid estate recoveries throughout the country, we can encourage private long-term care financing, reduce dependency on Medicaid, and improve access and quality of care...
The wrong policy at the wrong time
By
Niles Godes
Jun 19, 2017
As Congress has developed healthcare legislation to replace the Affordable Care Act, a dangerous proposal has emerged that would dramatically alter Medicaid’s financial structure and shift far more...
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.
Adult-children households are declining. Should you be worried?
By
Lynne Moore
Oct 02, 2023
The key to staying relevant in this constantly changing industry will be understanding the consumer’s existing and future needs and identifying flexible, efficient and cost-effective ways to satisfy...
What’s better for senior living and care — the market or government?
By
Stephen A. Moses
Oct 25, 2021
By most measures, the more market-based independent and assisted living sectors fare better economically over time than the more government-dependent sectors. Why?