New Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac lease requirements to go into effect next year
By
John Roszkowski
Aug 30, 2024
Some multifamily housing properties, including many senior housing properties, will be required to provide new protections for tenants starting next year, under new requirements announced Wednesday by...
National Senior Communities, Presbyterian Homes and Services top LeadingAge Ziegler 200 lists for senior...
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Sep 13, 2024
Presbyterian Homes & Services tops the 2024 LeadingAge Ziegler 200 list of largest not-for-profit multi-site senior living and care organizations with respect to assisted living units, with 2,927, and...
Affordable senior housing thrust into spotlight as advocates press lawmakers to address shortfalls
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jul 24, 2024
The lack of affordable senior housing in the United States is the focus of two separate efforts this week by advocates for the senior living industry, with both calling for the allocation of more federal...
Your favorite columns of 2015
By
Lois A. Bowers
Dec 22, 2015
The chance to learn secrets to success drew McKnight’s Senior Living website visitors, newsletter readers and social media followers and friends to columns posted on the site in 2015, reveals an...
Older Americans Act discussion draft prompts litany of recommendations from senior living industry
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jul 26, 2024
Addressing long-term care opportunities for the direct care workforce and adopting an all-of-government approach to aging are among the recommendations senior living leaders made in comments to senators...
The pandemic’s potential good news
By
Lois A. Bowers
May 09, 2022
Nobody asked for a pandemic, but potential long-term good news stemming from COVID-19 is that lasting positive changes could be in store for senior living and other long-term care providers.
Language can help reframe aging
By
Lois A. Bowers
May 31, 2022
The Reframing Aging Initiative advocates for the use of certain language regarding aging in hopes of improving the general public’s understanding of aging and the ways that older people contribute to...
Pushing for the right kinds of change
By
Lois A. Bowers
Feb 21, 2018
LeadingAge’s board chair talks about the labor and policy challenges operators must face.
HVAC systems must be adapted to lower risk of infectious diseases, EPA expert says
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jul 14, 2022
Building HVAC systems weren’t necessarily designed to help protect against infectious diseases, but senior living providers can adapt those systems to provide increased protections to occupants, according...
Taking age discrimination off the menu
By
Lois A. Bowers
Feb 06, 2017
A court case in Boston ultimately may affect hiring practices at all types of employers across the country.