‘Game-changing’: Senior living giant Good Sam joins growing list of providers mandating COVID-19...
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jul 26, 2021
The Sioux Falls, SD-based Evangelical Lutheran Good Samaritan Society is the latest senior living and care organization — and one of the largest yet — to mandate COVID-19 vaccination as a condition...
Assisted living community at center of resident poisoning deaths now fighting state license revocation
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Apr 28, 2023
An assisted living community at the center of accidental poisonings that resulted in the deaths of three residents is fighting California’s move to revoke the community’s license over the incidents.
Resident poisonings bring manslaughter, elder abuse charges for senior living worker
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Apr 20, 2023
An assisted living worker has been charged with involuntary manslaughter and elder abuse in the poisoning of three residents who mistakenly were served a cleaning solution instead of cranberry juice.
Felony charge filed against worker in cleaning solution death of memory care resident
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jan 31, 2023
An assisted living worker has been charged with felony elder abuse following the August death of a 94-year-old resident living with dementia who mistakenly drank a cleaning solution.
Senate leader promises coronavirus relief this week as U.S. cases, deaths increase and senior living...
By
Lois A. Bowers
Mar 18, 2020
As coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) spreads in the U.S. and senior living companies face increasing challenges, the Senate on Tuesday did not vote on a relief bill passed by the House. Senate Majority...
Senior living provider experiences second ingestion-related resident death in less than a week
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Sep 06, 2022
An Atria Senior Living resident in California has died after having a “negative reaction” to something he ingested.
COVID-19 vaccine now a condition of employment for some senior living operators
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jan 12, 2021
Some senior living operators are moving to make a COVID-19 vaccination a condition of employment to more quickly mitigate the effect of the virus in their communities.
Voice-activated technology helps curb loneliness in senior living residents
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jan 24, 2022
Voice-activated technology can reduce loneliness among senior living residents and help with the design of “gerontechnology” aimed at older adults, according to the results of a University of Nebraska-Lincoln...
A spokesperson for Atria Senior Living told McKnight’s Senior Living that the provider is offering “sincerest condolences” to the family of a 93-year-old resident who died after mistakenly being...
People in the news, June 14
By
Amy Novotney
Jun 14, 2022
Appointments, promotions and other news at Addington Place of Alpharetta, Arrow Senior Living, Atria Senior Living, CAC Specialty, Cardinal Ritter Senior Services, Dining RD, Erickson Senior Living, HealthPRO...