Investors eye margins, and developers explore affordable options.
Focus on briefs: Resident security
By
John Hall
Dec 03, 2023
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...
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.
It’s not unavoidable
By
John Hall
Aug 01, 2016
Operators continue to battle a condition that has been remarkably resistant
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.
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.
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.
Nice and tidy
By
John Hall
Oct 01, 2016
Laundry, housekeeping keys to happy, healthy surroundings.