Study looks to optimize care interactions between assisted living staff, residents for better outcomes
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jul 02, 2024
The Alzheimer’s Association Dementia Care Provider Roundtable has awarded $250,000 in grant funding to Anju Paudel, PhD, RN, at Pennsylvania State University to fund research aimed at optimizing care...
Building a ‘destination workplace’ in long-term care requires diverse investments, active listening...
By
Josh Henreckson
Jun 28, 2024
Faced with today’s complex array of financial, staffing and regulatory challenges, senior living and other long-term care providers across the care continuum must rely on an equally broad range of solutions,...
Empowering ‘deeply undervalued’ caregivers would improve ‘lifeline for older adults’
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jun 28, 2024
Direct care workers and family caregivers remain “deeply undervalued” and often overlooked despite calls for investment in the care economy, according to the authors of a new report.
Educating policymakers about senior living important, provider says
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jun 27, 2024
Once Merrill Gardens President Tana Gall found her voice in advocacy, she said, she became “attached” to telling senior living’s story.
Senior living operator opens state’s first elder abuse sanctuary, part of a growing network
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jun 25, 2024
With statistics showing that one in 10 older adults in the United States is a victim of elder abuse, Delaware is joining a growing network committed to sheltering those victims and helping them on the...
People in the news, June 25
By
Eliza Mattson
Jun 25, 2024
Appointments, promotions and other news at The Aspenwood Company, Brookdale Senior Living, Ebenezer Senior Living, Grace Management, the Granger Cobb Institute, Invesque, The Jewish Home Family, Juniper...
Murder charge faces assisted living operator for death of resident
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jun 24, 2024
An operator of several unlicensed assisted living homes in Texas previously charged with abandoning a resident now is facing a murder charge after another resident’s death was ruled a homicide.
Lack of sales presence for overnight and weekend calls by prospects leads to poor first impressions
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jun 17, 2024
A lack of sales staffing — or even backup staff — overnight and on weekends is leading to poor impressions of senior living communities, with 32% of prospective residents saying they would not consider...
Senior living can improve dementia care coordination, management for residents as GUIDE program partners
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jun 14, 2024
The nation’s population of older adults — particularly those living with dementia — largely went unnoticed by the population at large for a long time, but the growing numbers of these individuals...
‘Private equity abuse’ in long-term care is target of new federal bill
By
Lois A. Bowers
Jun 13, 2024
Two Democratic senators from Massachusetts have introduced a bill they say is meant to “root out corporate greed and private equity abuse” in nursing homes, assisted living communities, home health...