Costs, along with changing attitudes, help fuel growth in deprescribing, Older Americans have access to more vaccines than ever, but increasing numbers cause concern for some individuals
How IT can help long-term care slice through the ‘noise’
By
John Hall
Feb 01, 2023
Connectivity issues among most pressing for operators to solve,
but creativity can boost outcomes, even in small organizations.
Post-lockdowns, regulators cast an eye toward security, preparedness weak spots
By
John Hall
Dec 02, 2022
For much of 2022, lockdowns and other restrictions tamped down the usual resident security concerns in the nation’s long-term care facilities. Still, workforce shortages meant fewer vigilant eyes and...
Middle muddle
By
John Hall
Oct 21, 2019
Investors eye margins, and developers explore affordable options.
Game theory
By
John Hall
Feb 02, 2019
Do brain games and other fun-based approaches to mental stimulation help reduce Alzheimer’s? Some interesting findings are beginning to emerge.
Finding comfort
By
John Hall
Aug 01, 2018
Transitioning to life in a senior living community can be a challenge. Operators can help ease the adjustment by making residents feel right at home.
Tech: Only just begun
By
John Hall
Dec 01, 2017
Virtually every aspect of senior living is now being affected by tech innovation — and it appears things are just getting started.
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?
Shaping up
By
John Hall
Apr 01, 2017
Transformative technology is changing the look and feel of senior living in the United States. The real beneficiaries are residents.
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.