Assisted living edges out home care, nursing home as paid long-term care choice for middle class
By
Lois A. Bowers
Aug 29, 2024
Assisted living community living edged out professional at-home care and nursing home care as the paid long-term care option of choice for US middle class retirees who predicted in a recent survey what...
Family caregivers provide 2 extra ‘shifts’ of care per week per resident in assisted living: study
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jan 23, 2023
Informal caregivers provide two extra “shifts” of care per resident weekly in assisted living communities, equating to 65 hours per month per resident, according to the authors of a study recently...
Where your new residents are moving from
By
Lois A. Bowers
Sep 19, 2016
A new survey of visitors to senior care-related websites reveals where older adults are living and, when they are residing in senior living communities, where they moved from. Survey results also detail...
Consumers prefer home care, but nursing homes may better accommodate care coordination, socioeconomic...
By
Adam Healy
May 01, 2024
Not surprisingly, consumers overwhelmingly prefer home-based care to facility-based care. Difficulties coordinating caregivers or preexisting socioeconomic challenges, however, can lead some people to...
Families prefer assisted living over nursing homes for hospice care: survey
By
Lois A. Bowers
Feb 16, 2018
Families perceive hospice care in assisted living as being better than hospice care in a nursing home, according to new research.
Asian American and Pacific Island New Yorkers concerned about nursing home care: survey
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Mar 27, 2024
New Yorkers of Asian American and Pacific Island (AAPI) heritage expressed concern over the quality of nursing home care in a recent survey by AARP.
$1.2 million nursing home quality initiative to be spearheaded by LeadingAge
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jun 15, 2022
LeadingAge will use a two-year, $1.2 million grant from the John A. Hartford Foundation to work to improve nursing home quality based on the recommendations of a recent national report, the foundation...
Realities of long-term care are not so funny, John Oliver says
By
Liza Berger
Apr 16, 2021
What makes John Oliver’s comedic bit so disturbing is the undeniable realism that lies at the heart of it.
Bill giving veterans more long-term care options passes Senate committee
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Mar 06, 2023
The Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committee approved this week the Elizabeth Dole Home Care Act, which is meant to expand options for veterans in need of long-term care. The bill, if ultimately signed into...
267 senior living communities named ‘Caring Stars’ for 2018
By
Lois A. Bowers
Nov 09, 2017
Caring.com is releasing its list of reviews-based honorees today, and 267 independent living communities, assisted living communities, memory care communities, care homes or skilled nursing facilities...