Lesbian resident’s discrimination case back in court
By
Lois A. Bowers
Feb 08, 2018
A lawsuit claiming that an Illinois senior living community failed to protect a lesbian resident from harassment, discrimination and violence from fellow residents because of her sex and sexual orientation...
Reducing racial disparities could ease pressure on long-term care: study
By
Lois A. Bowers
Aug 09, 2016
Pressures on the long-term care delivery system caused by the aging of the population could be offset in part by determining how to reduce disability-related racial disparities that cause blacks to depend...
Moving toward gender equality
By
Lois A. Bowers
Jan 22, 2019
I’m pulling for a day when instruments such as the Gender Equality Index won’t be needed, because equality will be something that serves as an assumed basis from which other actions stem. Until that...
Big senior living stories of 2019
By
Lois A. Bowers
Dec 23, 2019
Here’s a look at some of the news that occupied many minds in senior living over the past year.