Bankruptcy plan approved for Senior Care Centers
Dallas-based Senior Care Centers LLC will be restructured into a new company controlled by unsecured creditors, under a court-approved Chapter 11 plan.
TOP NEWS
Hospice sector assails double-digit payment cuts
The hospice sector quickly blasted a 20% Medicare payment cut proposed by a congressional advisory panel.
Senate drug pricing bill lowers costs for seniors
A new version of a Senate drug-pricing bill would trim the amount seniors would pay for medications, advocates are claiming.
1.7 million older adults could be hurt by medical expense tax deduction change
The American Health Care Association / National Center for Assisted Living, American Seniors Housing Association, Argentum and LeadingAge are among the 50 organizations signing onto two letters urging senators and congresspeople to make permanent the 7.5% threshold for the medical expense tax deduction before the end of 2019.
Editors' Columns
Long-Term Care Equality Index proceeds to next phase
Now is the time to allay fears and leave no doubt in the minds of current and prospective LGBTQ residents that they will be treated well.
Once more, with feeling
Last year’s inaugural McKnight’s Women of Distinction awards program honored more than 40 well-deserving professionals. And now nominations are open for the second year of the program, so that more women can be recognized.
Guest Column
4 points about how disruptive forces are affecting senior living
Some major themes encapsulate a variety of conversations we’ve had with many of you and your colleagues in response to a year-long research effort to explore the senior living industry through fresh eyes by studying the wide variety of disruptive forces coming from outside the bounds of traditional “senior living.”
Marketplace Column
Interoperability: Preventing emergency communication breakdowns in your senior living community
Interoperability enables computer systems or software to exchange and make use of information, allowing senior living owners and operators to leverage their systems more effectively, improving both efficiency and safety.
Company News
People in the news, Dec. 10
Appointments and promotions at Caring Brands International, HumanGood, Integral Senior Living, Maplewood Senior Living, MedBest Recruiting, Monticello Asset Management, New Perspective Senior Living and Sun Health.
Multifamily company Hudson Capital Properties enters active adult housing market
New York-based multifamily real estate investment and development company Hudson Capital Properties is entering the active adult housing market with The Retreat at Coastal Grand in Myrtle Beach, SC.
Product News
Touchtown releases activity management feature
Touchtown has released a new activity management feature of its Community Apps product designed to streamline event registration, the organization announced Wednesday,
In Focus
Senior living residents, 102 and 88, put out an album
Alan R. Tripp and Marvin Weisbord may be the oldest professional songwriting team in music history.
