LeadingAge on Wednesday urged federal policymakers “to address the needs of older adults living in other congregate and community-based settings” in addition to the needs of nursing home residents...
4 big issues for NCAL
By
Lois A. Bowers
Oct 06, 2015
National Center for Assisted Living leaders are watching an alphabet soup of policy and regulatory-related issues, which they detailed at an Oct. 6 session during the American Health Care Association/NCAL...
FDA warns 17 companies illegally selling products for Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s
By
Lois A. Bowers
Feb 12, 2019
Seventeen companies are illegally selling a total of 58 products they say can prevent, treat or cure Alzheimer’s disease, Parkinson’s disease or other health conditions, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration...
Challenges remain with senior living employee wellness plans
By
Lois A. Bowers
Dec 06, 2016
Wellness programs are one way that senior living organizations can help employees address their health issues, but some companies or their employees don’t see the value, according to a new survey...
Assisted living may become ‘more consequential’ in health system, Welltower CEO predicts
By
Lois A. Bowers
Jul 30, 2018
Assisted living and memory care “may become more consequential” in the healthcare system, and the recent complex deal involving Welltower, ProMedica Health System and HCR ManorCare “is...
Direct care workforce solutions hampered by data gaps, GAO says
By
Lois A. Bowers
Sep 15, 2016
Policymakers will continue to be impeded in their ability to develop strategies to help ensure a sufficient number of qualified direct care workers unless the Department of Health and Human Services can...
Partnerships critical to serving middle-income older adults, NIC speakers say
By
Lois A. Bowers
Mar 06, 2020
Panelists discussed how to cost-effectively deliver healthcare to middle-income older adults in senior housing on Thursday at the NIC Spring Conference.
HHS says new rule allows healthcare workers, organizations to honor religious and moral principles in...
By
Lois A. Bowers
May 03, 2019
Individual healthcare workers as well as healthcare organizations can decline to provide care that conflicts with their religious and moral beliefs or mission under a final rule issued Thursday by the...
Cutting LTSS funding would be ‘penny wise and pound foolish,’ Collins says
By
Lois A. Bowers
Apr 27, 2017
Federal budget cuts proposed by the Trump administration that affect the delivery of long-term services and supports “are really pennywise and pound foolish, because in the end they’re going...