34 senior living organizations recognized for providing ‘outstanding experience’
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Lois A. Bowers
May 14, 2019
Thirty-four senior living and care organizations have been recognized as winners in NRC Health’s first Customer Approved Awards and Employee Approved Awards, the healthcare consumer data and content...
FutureCare, Christian Village win Gold in McKnight’s Tech Awards
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Lois A. Bowers
Oct 03, 2018
The use of flash cards that remind people of information vital to their recovery, and the use of an accessible piece of exercise equipment, have led to awards in the Keep It Super Simple and High-Tech...
Flower-wielding man may have stolen $100,000 in valuables from senior living residents, authorities say
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Lois A. Bowers
Aug 10, 2017
Maryland law enforcement authorities believe that a man may have carried flowers into a senior living community as a cover to steal thousands of dollars’ worth of jewelry, cash and credit cards from...
Binge drinking puts 10% of older adults at greater risk of falls, other health issues
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Lois A. Bowers
Aug 01, 2019
New research may have senior living operators proceeding more carefully with offerings such as in-community bars and happy hours.
Treasury proposes privatizing Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac
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Lois A. Bowers
Sep 09, 2019
The Federal National Mortgage Association (Fannie Mae) and Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (Freddie Mac) would be privatized under a 53-page plan released Thursday by the Treasury Department to...
Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac re-enter LIHTC market
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Lois A. Bowers
Nov 28, 2017
The Federal Housing Finance Agency has granted Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac limited re-entry into the Low Income Housing Tax Credit market as equity investors.
Humans have reached maximum life span, researchers say
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Lois A. Bowers
Oct 10, 2016
Improvements in public health, diet, the environment and other factors may have taken humans as far as they can go when it comes to life span, according to the authors of a new study.
More coronavirus relief may come before end of year, senator says
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Lois A. Bowers
Nov 20, 2020
Congress may pass another coronavirus relief bill before the end of the year, Sen. Mark Warner (D-VA) said Thursday at the American Seniors Housing Association’s Chairman’s Circle virtual event.
Housing Trust Fund bill conveys threat to affordable housing
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Lois A. Bowers
Dec 11, 2017
Even though a bill negatively affecting the Housing Trust Fund and being considered this week by the House Financial Services Committee may not pass as written — or at all, it is more proof that threats...
Study finds relationship between falls, car crashes in older adults
By
Lois A. Bowers
Sep 15, 2017
Older adults who have fallen are 40% more likely to crash their cars than those who have not fallen, according to a new review of 15 studies of driving behavior involving almost 47,000 older adults.