Senior living management company tasks employees to perform 1.5 million acts of kindness
By
Foster Stubbs
Dec 06, 2023
During the holiday season, we expect most of the gifts we receive to come off a shelf. But at Western States Lodging Management, the gifts often come off the cuff. As part of their 10 x 30 Kindness challenge,...
Watermark to terminate management contracts with 7 Legacy properties in New York
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Dec 05, 2023
Tucson, AZ-based Watermark Retirement Communities filed a Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) Thursday with the state of New York, announcing the termination of management contracts with...
Patients’ geography impacts guideline-concordant COPD care
Oct 20, 2023
Those living in rural areas with farther drives to care have a lower likelihood of receiving guideline-adherent care.
CCRC’s lifelong learning program attracts residents, prospects
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Oct 06, 2023
Feeding residents’ desire for lifelong learning, a continuing care retirement / life plan community in New Jersey launched a lecture program through a partnership with a local university that is not...
Mease Life affiliates with Acts Retirement–Life Communities
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Oct 04, 2023
Continuing care retirement community Mease Life of Dunedin, FL, and Fort Washington, PA-based Acts Retirement-Life Communities have finalized their affiliation after signing a letter of intent in April...
HUD funding lapse would have ‘harmful impacts’ on affordable senior housing providers, residents,...
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Sep 29, 2023
A coalition of affordable housing organizations including LeadingAge is urging Congress to pass fiscal year appropriations bills that support housing providers and older adults and to work to avoid a government...
$215,000 disability discrimination complaint could have ‘broader ramifications’ on resident contracts,...
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Apr 12, 2023
A Pennsylvania continuing care retirement community agreed to a $215,000 Fair Housing Act settlement over allegations of disability discrimination, but the senior living owners and operators said that...
Acts Retirement-Life, Mease Life consider affiliation
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Apr 06, 2023
Fort Washington, PA-based Acts Retirement–Life Communities and Mease Life of Dunedin, FL, have signed a letter of intent to explore a possible affiliation. A due diligence review has begun, and the companies...
Common sugar substitute negatively impacts cardiovascular risk
Mar 09, 2023
Erythritol was linked to incident MACE risk and enhances platelet reactivity and thrombosis formation.
Anxiety plus overactive bladder tied to biopsychosocial impacts in women
Mar 06, 2023
Women report psychological stress, stress reactivity and worse quality of life, plus greater central sensitization.