Senior living organization, nursing school collaboration ‘breaks new ground’
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Lois A. Bowers
Jul 26, 2016
A new collaboration between a senior living organization and a nursing school, launched with a $1.2 million gift, aims to improve the health of older adults, educate students about the elderly, and conduct...
The 5 best and 5 worst states for older adults to grow old: report
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Lois A. Bowers
Aug 18, 2017
Utah is the best state in which to grow old, and West Virginia is the worst, according to a new Caring.com report. See where your state ranks.
Senior living community not cited, but two years later, executives charged in resident’s death
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Lois A. Bowers
Jul 25, 2017
The owner and former administrator of a California senior living community have been charged with elder abuse and involuntary manslaughter, felonies, more than two years after a resident reported to have...
5-year, $1.9 million study aims to improve resident, caregiver quality of life
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Lois A. Bowers
Oct 19, 2016
Georgia State University Gerontology Institute researchers are in the middle of a five-year, $1.9 million study ultimately aiming to improve the quality of life for assisted living residents and their...
Employees will benefit from bike-sharing program, Atria hopes
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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...
Conquering ageism is LeadingAge’s new vision, Sloan says
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Lois A. Bowers
Oct 30, 2016
LeadingAge’s new vision is to “permanently change the image of aging in our society,” the organization’s president and CEO, Katie Smith Sloan, told those attending the opening general...