Act’s passage means more masks for healthcare workers fighting COVID-19, government says
By
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...
Cocktail lounge attendant? Eclectic mix of people filling heretofore unheard-of senior living positions
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jun 29, 2022
“Cocktail lounge attendant” isn’t the sort of job one often sees for a senior living community, but Atria Senior Living’s Coterie Cathedral Hill is not a typical senior living community. The San...
Voice-activated technology helps curb loneliness in senior living residents
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jan 24, 2022
Voice-activated technology can reduce loneliness among senior living residents and help with the design of “gerontechnology” aimed at older adults, according to the results of a University of Nebraska-Lincoln...
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,...
Vaccine mandates not scaring workers away, Sabra CEO says
By
Lois A. Bowers
Nov 05, 2021
Labor issues are slowing the senior living and care industry’s recovery from the coronavirus pandemic, but operators should not spend much time worrying that they will lose workers if they implement...
People in the news, April 27
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Apr 27, 2021
Appointments, promotions and other news at Arizona Pioneers’ Home, Atria Senior Living, Avalon Park, Baptist Home & Healthcare Ministries, Grace Management, Langford Methodist Retirement Community, Lodge...
Long-term care provider cites ‘moral and ethical duty’ to residents in mandating employee coronavirus...
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Apr 05, 2021
As long-term care staff member COVID-19 vaccination rates continue to lag nationally, an Ohio provider is joining a growing industry trend of mandating employee vaccination out of a sense of “moral and...
Some senior living operators add vaccine access to marketing toolkits to help rebuild occupancy
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jan 25, 2021
As the COVID-19 pandemic sends occupancy rates plummeting in senior living communities, some operators are adding vaccine access to their marketing toolbox in a bid to entice prospective residents and...
Testing protocol proves turning point in fight against COVID-19: Atria Senior Living
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Nov 23, 2020
The COVID-19 pandemic’s entrance into the United States took direct aim at vulnerable older adults. And although it hasn’t let up, some senior living providers have had success in keeping residents...
McKnight’s 40 for 40: Pat Mulloy
By
Lois A. Bowers
Jun 29, 2020
Pat Mulloy has held the top post at three senior living and care organizations. “Helping people leave this planet with some level of dignity and grace and having a meaningful experience in the last...