On-site care, data and Dr. Bill Thomas: Lifesprk’s CEO talks about the company’s $30 million tech...
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Lois A. Bowers
Jun 01, 2021
Minneapolis-based Lifesprk recently acquired 35 Tealwood Senior Living communities, bringing them under Lifesprk Senior Living. Lifesprk CEO Joel Theisen recently shared with McKnight’s Senior Living...
Exclusive interview: CLC CEO discusses how the senior living industry needs to change
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Lois A. Bowers
Feb 16, 2021
Jill Vitale-Aussem became president and CEO of Christian Living Communities in November after almost three years at The Eden Alternative, where she held the same titles. But she previously had spent approximately...
Big senior living stories of 2020
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Lois A. Bowers
Dec 22, 2020
A year ago, nobody in the U.S. senior living industry would have predicted that a pandemic would upend everyone’s personal and professional lives in 2020. But COVID-19 undoubtedly was the story of the...
McKnight’s 40 for 40: David Schless
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Lois A. Bowers
Oct 20, 2020
The American Seniors Housing Association traces its roots back to the early days of the senior living industry, beginning in 1991 under the auspices of the National Multifamily Housing Council. In 2000,...
Partnerships critical to serving middle-income older adults, NIC speakers say
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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.
Training, technology improvements needed to reduce social isolation in seniors: report
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Lois A. Bowers
Feb 28, 2020
Improved direct care worker training and technology could help relieve social isolation and loneliness among older adults, according to a report released Thursday by the National Academies of Sciences,...
Managed long-term care costs cited as one of largest Medicaid programs plans $2.5 billion in cuts
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Lois A. Bowers
Jan 23, 2020
New York’s Medicaid program would see $2.5 billion in cuts under a $178 billion state budget proposal outlined Tuesday by Gov. Andrew Cuomo. Increasing costs in the program are due in part to costs related...
Company can’t market cannabidiol products for Parkinson’s, Alzheimer’s, FDA and FTC say
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Lois A. Bowers
Oct 23, 2019
A Florida company must stop marketing its unapproved cannabidiol products using unsubstantiated claims that the products treat Parkinson’s disease, Alzheimer’s disease and other conditions, the Food...
Former Fed Chair Janet Yellen talks about recession, minimum wage, immigration, entitlements and ‘root...
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Lois A. Bowers
Sep 13, 2019
Janet Yellen hit on numerous topics Thursday in the opening session of the National Investment Center for Seniors Housing & Care Fall Conference.
New ‘playbook’ could help more providers serve the middle market
By
Lois A. Bowers
Aug 26, 2019
A two-year effort led by LeadingAge Virginia will culminate this fall in the release of a “playbook” designed to help senior living and care providers determine whether and how to serve middle-income...