Growing demand for direct care workers underscores pressing need to invest in job quality: PHI
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Sep 04, 2024
The direct care workforce serving residents in assisted living communities and other residential care settings has fluctuated in the past several years, struggling not only to return to pre-pandemic levels...
Is Eli Lilly using ‘granfluencers’ to raise awareness of its Alzheimer’s med?
By
Marc Iskowitz
Sep 04, 2024
Here’s why older internet celebs — granfluencers — soon might be making rounds on the Alzheimer’s drug marketing scene.
People in the news, Aug. 27
Aug 27, 2024
Appointments, promotions and other news at Ahepa Senior Living, Anthem Memory Care, Bethesda Senior Living Communities, Blakehurst, Brio Living Services, Commonwealth Senior Living, Covenant Living, Greenfields...
Studies highlight increasing dementia deaths, contributing factors to diagnosis and cognitive decline
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Aug 16, 2024
More people are dying from dementia, and location and demographics are among the factors that may contribute to not only a dementia diagnosis, but also to how quickly someone will experience cognitive...
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...
Learn about staffing, AI solutions from industry experts June 27 at free virtual event
By
Lois A. Bowers
Jun 21, 2024
Join McKnight’s for a complimentary “Meeting of the Minds” virtual event on Thursday, June 27, to hear the latest news and information about staffing and artificial intelligence from industry experts.
Proposed bill would expand upskilling, job training opportunities for nation’s workforce
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Dec 12, 2023
The aging services industry has thrown its full support behind a bill that would expand skill development opportunities for American workers.
Leisure offerings, warm weather most attractive to older adults looking for retirement home
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Sep 11, 2023
Ample ways to spend leisure time and good weather top the list of factors that prospective senior living residents are looking for when choosing their retirement destination.
New dementia roundtable aims to standardize care navigation programming
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Aug 03, 2023
A roundtable of experts will work to establish consistent processes and protocols for dementia care navigation to support people living with dementia or with new diagnoses.
Assisted living accounts for plurality of acquisitions in second quarter
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jul 18, 2023
Assisted living accounted for 42% of the publicly announced senior living and care acquisitions in the second quarter, according to newly released data from LevinPro LTC. The percentage was equal to the...
