Atria Senior Living pays $185,000 to settle lawsuit alleging discrimination
By
Lois A. Bowers
Nov 22, 2016
Atria Senior Living has agreed to pay $185,000 to settle a lawsuit alleging that it discriminated against deaf and hard-of-hearing prospective residents by not providing American Sign Language interpreters...
Pandemic tech changes are here to stay
By
Lois A. Bowers
Mar 15, 2021
Some types of tech use by older adults, brought on by the pandemic, may surprise you.
Brookdale, Welltower top ASHA 50 lists, which see changes for 2021
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Lois A. Bowers
Sep 24, 2021
The top three senior living operators and top three owners remained unchanged from 2020 as the American Seniors Housing Association released its ASHA 50 lists for 2021 on Wednesday. But the top 10 saw...
New Senior to move 21 communities from Holiday to Atria to diversify portfolio
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Lois A. Bowers
Feb 26, 2021
New Senior Investment Group will transition the management of 21 senior living communities in its 103-community portfolio from Holiday Retirement to Atria Senior Living in an effort to diversify the operator...
LeadingAge has sent a second letter to the White House Coronavirus Task Force, asking the White House and Department of Housing and Urban Development to issue guidance and offer regulatory relief for the...
Act’s passage means more masks for healthcare workers fighting COVID-19, government says
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Lois A. Bowers
Mar 20, 2020
President Trump may or may not use the Defense Protection Act to compel the production of personal protective equipment that provider groups say are needed by healthcare workers treating those with coronavirus...
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...
ALFA announces more changes
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Lois A. Bowers
Oct 01, 2015
The organization, which announced a name change earlier this week and plans to offer memory care research and programming last week, now has announced a reorganization, a new advocacy fund and a new PAC...
Big senior living stories of 2021
By
Lois A. Bowers
Dec 22, 2021
2021 began with the hope that the new COVID-19 vaccine being rolled out to assisted living communities and nursing homes would help control a pandemic that had caused so much illness, death, loneliness,...
Holiday announces COVID shot mandate one day after full approval of Pfizer vaccine
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Lois A. Bowers
Aug 25, 2021
The country’s largest independent living operator, Winter Park, FL-based Holiday Retirement, is requiring its more than 6,300 employees to receive their first COVID-19 vaccine by Oct. 4, the company...