Senior living organizations’ successes in addressing the industry’s top challenge — recruiting and retaining employees — were the center of attention Thursday as Great Place to Work and Fortune Magazine released their lists of Best Workplaces for Aging Services for 2019.
Almost two-thirds (64%) of respondents to a recent survey who were aged 60 or more years said they would rather live in an assisted living community than be cared for by their adult children should their day-to-day lives “become too difficult.”
MorningStar Senior Living on Thursday announced plans to enter the Texas markets via a project in Houston with real estate firm Hines.
Knolllwood, a life plan community in Washington, DC, has updated its admissions criteria for prospective residents to open the door to high-level federal employees aged 60 or more years who worked for federal agencies.
Brightview Senior Living and Embrace Living Communities top Fortune’s list of Best Workplaces for Aging Services for 2019, Fortune and Great Place to Work announced this morning. Brightview tops the list for large organizations, and Embrace tops the list for small and medium-sized organizations. A list of the top 10 at-home care providers also was released.
Results of a new study suggest possible health and quality-of-life benefits when older adults use on-demand ride-hailing services such as the ones that have been tested and used by senior living operators. Cost is a potential barrier, however, the researchers found.
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Adults in their 70s and 80s are able to improve their ability to multitask cognitively as well as people in their 20s and 30s by playing online video games, according to a newly published study in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
The former owner of a now-closed assisted living facility in Pennsylvania faces up to five years in prison and a fine of $10,000 if he is found guilty of not paying employment taxes to the IRS. The case is the latest in his legal woes.
Five attorneys general filed a lawsuit Friday challenging a new federal rule they say targets working immigrants and their families by creating unnecessary new barriers to lawful admission to the United States. The rule potentially affects older adults and their caregivers, according to one advocacy group.
