Assisted living residents with dementia receiving too many antipsychotics, GAO says
By
John Hall
Mar 03, 2015
Government investigators are calling for greater scrutiny of antipsychotics use among residents with dementia in settings beyond nursing homes.
Flight risk no more
By
John Hall
Oct 01, 2016
One elopement is one too many for busy tech innovators.
Assisted living aide will spend year in prison after resident theft
By
John Hall
Apr 29, 2015
An assisted living aide said the looming threat of becoming homeless was what prompted her to steal a resident’s wallet and checkbook before eventually being arrested for forging $10,000 in checks.
Wandering tech
By
John Hall
Aug 01, 2016
New breakthroughs could make elopement risk a thing of the past.
Senior centers should lower the music, research advises
By
John Hall
Feb 17, 2015
The positive benefits of music for the frail elderly abound in medical literature, but new research suggests music that is too loud may be more harmful than helpful.
A Q&A with NIC’s Robert Kramer
By
John Hall
Sep 13, 2016
Robert G. Kramer, founder and CEO of the National Investment Center for Seniors Housing & Care, recently spoke with McKnight’s about the current state and future prospects of independent living,...
It’s not unavoidable
By
John Hall
Aug 01, 2016
Operators continue to battle a condition that has been remarkably resistant
Getting schooled
By
John Hall
Apr 01, 2017
Skilled care providers learned some painful lessons about medication management in recent decades. Will senior living operators repeat many of the same mistakes or learn from them?
Defying convention
By
John Hall
Feb 01, 2017
Conventional wisdom holds that tech innovations are slow to take hold in senior living. Conventional wisdom is wrong.