ASC’s former CEO sentenced to 9.5 years in federal prison for role in $19.4 million fraud scheme
By
Lois A. Bowers
Jul 02, 2018
Former American Senior Communities CEO James Burkhart was sentenced Friday to 9 1/2 years in prison for his role in what U.S. Attorney Josh J. Minkler described as a “massive fraud, kickback and...
CCaH programs growing in popularity
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Lois A. Bowers
Jun 29, 2018
Continuing Care at Home programs, formerly called “CCRCs without walls,” are growing in popularity as offerings by senior living and care providers, with more than 30 programs now available...
Protect vision to help protect cognition: study
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Lois A. Bowers
Jun 29, 2018
Maintaining good eyesight may help mitigate an age-related decline in cognition, according to a new study in JAMA Ophthalmology.
Brookdale, Welltower to part ways on 63 communities
By
Lois A. Bowers
Jun 28, 2018
Brookdale Senior Living and real estate investment trust Welltower announced lease restructuring plans Wednesday that will result in 63 senior living communities transitioning to different operators.
Good Samaritan-Sanford affiliation effects could ‘ripple’ throughout sector
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Lois A. Bowers
Jun 28, 2018
The merger of one of the country’s largest senior living and care organizations with one of the country’s largest healthcare systems will have a “ripple effect” throughout the sector,...
Worker freedom or rigged system? Groups weigh in on Supreme Court union decision
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Lois A. Bowers
Jun 28, 2018
Wednesday’s U.S. Supreme Court decision that unions can’t collect fees from nonunion employees without their explicit consent is either “a long-awaited victory for worker freedom”...
Operator sees 5% retention increase through multifaceted approach to workforce issues
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Lois A. Bowers
Jun 27, 2018
In an area where a 2.8% unemployment rate makes competition for high-quality workers especially great, Denver-based not-for-profit Christian Living Communities has rolled out several programs that it says...
Age discrimination persists, EEOC report concludes
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Lois A. Bowers
Jun 27, 2018
Although the Age Discrimination in Employment Act has helped bring equality and fairness to the workplace for older employees over the past 50 years, age discrimination persists based on outdated and unfounded...
Senior living residents evacuated as construction site explosion kills 1, injures 12
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Lois A. Bowers
Jun 27, 2018
A Texas healthcare system has evacuated its senior living and long-term care residents as well as hospital patients after an on-site explosion Tuesday afternoon killed one construction worker and injured...
1 death, 2 injuries, 1 resident suspect in senior housing fire and shooting
By
Lois A. Bowers
Jun 26, 2018
One resident has been arrested and another has been hospitalized, and one firefighter has died and another has been released from the hospital, after an explosion, fire and shooting Monday at a California...