Assisted living community fined $102,060 for worker health violations
By
Lois A. Bowers
Dec 21, 2015
A senior living community in Wenatchee, WA, faces fines for allegedly making workers manually lift residents, not developing an accident prevention program and other violations.
A Feb. 11 event at Harvard had many take-home messages for senior living communities and their residents.
Cafaro: Ventas remains committed to senior living
By
Lois A. Bowers
Feb 15, 2016
Although Ventas grabbed headlines for two actions outside of the senior housing sector in 2015, the REIT remains committed to senior living, Chairwoman and CEO Debra Cafaro told investors in a Feb. 12...
Proposed budget cuts HHS funding by 18%, HUD by 13%
By
Lois A. Bowers
Mar 16, 2017
The Department of Health and Human Services would see its funding cut by $15.1 billion, and the Department of Housing and Urban Development would see its funding decreased by $6.2 billion under a fiscal...
Report: Pricing, sales activity declines could come in 2016
By
Lois A. Bowers
Jan 12, 2016
Concerns related to overbuilding could lead to declines in pricing and sales activity in some senior housing markets in 2016, predicts Integra Realty Resources.
Operator to pay $325,000 to settle EEOC case
By
Lois A. Bowers
Mar 08, 2017
A California operator of assisted living, memory care, post-acute care and rehabilitation facilities will pay $325,000 to settle a disability discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity...
Health systems increasingly seeing value of senior living, Welltower says
By
Lois A. Bowers
Feb 22, 2017
Hospitals increasingly are seeing senior living communities as part of a solution to lowering their risk associated with older adults, Welltower CEO Tom DeRosa told analysts participating in an earnings...
Medical expenses, including assisted living, account for 25% of family caregiver costs: survey
By
Lois A. Bowers
Nov 15, 2016
Medical expenses, including costs associated with assisted living and skilled nursing facilities, account for the second-largest share of family caregivers’ out-of-pocket spending for their loved...