As expected, New Senior Investment Group has announced its plan to internalize management beginning in January. The move follows income and occupancy challenges at the publicly traded real estate investment...
Sprinklers get credit for limiting high-rise blaze
By
John O'Connor
Nov 20, 2018
A sprinkler system helped prevent the spread of a fire at a high-rise senior living community in Pittsburgh this weekend, according to city officials.
Senior living operators looking to spend more on hackers, telehealth
By
John O'Connor
Nov 20, 2018
Senior living and health organizations are looking to spend more on preventing cyber attacks, a new survey finds. Operators are also increasingly willing to invest in telehealth expansion.
Calcifications tied to age-related macular degeneration
By
John O'Connor
Nov 20, 2018
Calcified nodules in the retina increase the risk for age-related macular degeneration, according to researchers at the University of Alabama.
When it comes to hiring, senior living needs to grow up
By
John O'Connor
Nov 15, 2018
Why has senior living been so slow to hire older, even retired workers?
Pop goes the senior living bubble?
By
John O'Connor
Nov 08, 2018
It’s time to point out a possible scenario few among us will want to acknowledge: A senior living bubble may be about to burst.
Community’s rules collide with imminent death-with-dignity law
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John O'Connor
Nov 05, 2018
The Hawaii chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union is challenging a senior living operator who claims residents may not partake in a state law that begins in January.
Diabetes medications may offset severity of Alzheimer’s
By
John O'Connor
Nov 05, 2018
People with Alzheimer’s disease who were treated with diabetes drugs showed considerably fewer symptoms, Mount Sinai researchers have found.
Wages rising in senior living, and elsewhere
By
John O'Connor
Nov 05, 2018
If it seems you are paying staff more lately, it’s probably because you are. Wages for all U.S. workers rose by 2.9% between September 2017 and September 2018, according to new Labor Department figures.
How to succeed while others are failing
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John O'Connor
Nov 01, 2018
When people in the senior living field talk about the things that separate the haves from the have nots, one ingredient rarely is mentioned.