Aegis Living sued over staffing concerns; plaintiff’s firm also involved in Brookdale ADA lawsuit
By
Lois A. Bowers
Apr 04, 2018
A lawsuit against Aegis Living accuses the Bellevue, WA-based senior living community operator of putting its residents at risk of injury by insufficiently staffing communities and not informing residents...
Another defendant in American Senior Communities fraud case agrees to plead guilty
By
Lois A. Bowers
Nov 27, 2017
Another defendant in the alleged $16 million fraud, kickback and money-laundering scheme involving former executives of American Senior Communities has agreed to plead guilty to charges against him.
Employees will benefit from bike-sharing program, Atria hopes
By
Lois A. Bowers
Jul 05, 2017
Atria Senior Living is one of 10 companies sponsoring a new bicycle-sharing program in its headquarters city of Louisville, KY, and the city’s mayor says that the program will play an important role...
Granddaughter sues community over resident’s alligator-attack death
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Lois A. Bowers
Jun 22, 2017
The granddaughter of a 90-year-old senior living community resident who died last year after apparently being attacked by an alligator is suing the community for wrongful death.
Life care contract most common type for Texas CCRCs: report
By
Lois A. Bowers
Feb 27, 2017
Ziegler and My LifeSite analyzed data from 32 providers in the Lone Star State to produce a new benchmarking report on the characteristics of continuing care retirement communities there.
$900,000 project will test housing with supportive services model
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Lois A. Bowers
Feb 07, 2017
Hebrew SeniorLife will use $900,000 in funding to test a model of housing with supportive services that it says could improve quality of life and reduce medical costs for older adults living in affordable...
Woman gets 18 months after taking funds for ALF that never opened
By
Lois A. Bowers
Nov 08, 2016
A Tennessee woman who obtained state funds to renovate a home she said would become an assisted living facility but then used the money to upgrade the building for her daughter and herself has been sentenced...
2 dead, 1 injured in senior living shooting
By
Lois A. Bowers
Mar 24, 2016
A domestic dispute appears to have spilled into the workplace, resulting in the shooting deaths of two senior living community employees and the injury of another in Ohio.