Analysis: Senior living operators have leverage in efforts to save healthcare dollars
By
Lois A. Bowers
Mar 05, 2020
SAN DIEGO — A new analysis makes a case for senior living operators to leverage the value of their settings to work with payers and healthcare providers to improve resident health and save the healthcare...
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...
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.
$16 million, 5-year study will test artificial intelligence in senior living
By
Lois A. Bowers
Sep 29, 2017
IBM and the University of California San Diego on Thursday announced a $16 million, five-year collaboration that will test how artificial intelligence, or AI, can be used to help detect mild cognitive...
54 percent of middle-income seniors could need housing, care help by 2029, NIC-funded study finds
By
Lois A. Bowers
Apr 24, 2019
Fifty-four percent of the 14.4 million middle-income older adults in 2029 in the United States will lack the financial resources to pay for senior housing and care, and a combination of public and private...
$125,000 NIC study will assess demand for middle-market seniors housing
By
Lois A. Bowers
Apr 11, 2017
The National Investment Center for Seniors Housing & Care is spending $125,000 to study the demand for middle-market seniors housing, the organization formally announced Monday. NIC CEO Robert G. Kramer...
Life plan community residents report wellness benefits, survey finds
By
Lois A. Bowers
Oct 17, 2018
Life plan community residents tend to experience greater levels of wellness than community-dwelling adults in five of six dimensions, according to preliminary first-year results of a study of more than...
Prioritize senior living resident needs in COVID-19-related funding plans, ASHA tells Congress
By
Lois A. Bowers
Mar 06, 2020
Congress should prioritize the needs of senior living and nursing home residents in any funding efforts related to the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), American Seniors Housing Association President...
5 keys to integrated care delivery in senior living
By
Lois A. Bowers
Mar 09, 2018
Maria Nadelstumph of Brandywine Living shared with attendees at the NIC Spring Investment Forum what her company had learned when seeking partners to help integrate care delivery into service offerings...
Medicare Advantage is hot topic at NIC meeting
By
Lois A. Bowers
Feb 21, 2019
Thinking of becoming involved with Medicare Advantage efforts? These NIC Spring Conference speakers have tips for you.