Senior living can be a partner in delivering, improving care, CMS official says
By
Lois A. Bowers
Mar 07, 2024
Even though senior living providers, by law, are unable to directly bill the Medicare program for the services they provide to residents, they are able to partner with other organizations focused on value-based...
Senior living occupancy increases again but still lags pre-COVID levels
By
Lois A. Bowers
Jul 07, 2023
Senior living occupancy marked eight consecutive quarters of increases in the second quarter, but pre-pandemic levels remain elusive, according to NIC MAP Vision data analyzed by the National Investment...
CCRC residents ‘significantly safer’ from COVID deaths than older adults not living in congregate...
By
Lois A. Bowers
Mar 02, 2023
SAN DIEGO—Residents of continuing care retirement communities were “significantly safer” from dying from COVID-19 than were older adults living in noncongregate residential settings in the greater...
‘Staffing and labor challenges do persist,’ provider survey finds
By
Lois A. Bowers
Oct 24, 2022
Nine percent of long-term care providers responding to the latest executive survey by the National Investment Center for Seniors Housing & Care said they continue to experience “severe” staffing shortages,...
Residents’ chronic conditions could push operators to integrate care, housing: study
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Lois A. Bowers
Sep 15, 2022
WASHINGTON, DC — US senior living residents average more than a dozen chronic conditions each, and many residents use high-cost healthcare services, suggesting ways that operators can integrate care...