In the final month or so of each year, our thoughts frequently focus on our own good fortune and ways that we can bring happiness to others’ lives. Residents and others at several senior living communities...
Senior living operator takes steps after resident contracts Legionnaires’ disease
By
Lois A. Bowers
Nov 27, 2016
A New York senior living community is taking precautions after Legionnaires’ disease recently was diagnosed in a resident who was hospitalized but has been released.
20% of those 85+ need ADL assistance
By
Lois A. Bowers
Nov 27, 2016
Approximately 20% of individuals aged 85 or more years in the United States need assistance with personal care, according to newly released government data.
Pilot program to connect veterans to services
By
Lois A. Bowers
Nov 27, 2016
Veterans who live in assisted living communities and nursing homes in New York will receive help accessing benefits they earned through their military service under a new pilot program.
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Nov 23, 2016
Buckner Westminster Place in Longview, TX, celebrated its 20th anniversary by burying a time capsule during a Nov. 22 ceremony. Find out more, and learn how to submit your photos!
Brookdale to pay almost $1 million to settle Emeritus claims
By
Lois A. Bowers
Nov 22, 2016
Brookdale Senior Living will pay $979,000 to settle claims that Emeritus Senior Living, which it purchased in 2014, failed to refund to the U.S. government overpayments it received for Medicaid services.
Atria Senior Living pays $185,000 to settle lawsuit alleging discrimination
By
Lois A. Bowers
Nov 22, 2016
Atria Senior Living has agreed to pay $185,000 to settle a lawsuit alleging that it discriminated against deaf and hard-of-hearing prospective residents by not providing American Sign Language interpreters...
Federal judge puts overtime rule on hold
By
Lois A. Bowers
Nov 23, 2016
A federal judge issued a preliminary injunction Tuesday that puts on hold a Department of Labor final rule that would have extended overtime eligibility to many senior living employees and others effective...
In a giving mood
By
Lois A. Bowers
Nov 21, 2016
As the holidays approach, several senior living communities are partaking in fun projects to relay the vibrancy of senior living residents or informative projects to help employees, residents, prospective...
LeadingAge Ziegler 150 welcomes 3 companies to top 10
By
Lois A. Bowers
Nov 20, 2016
The 2016 LeadingAge Ziegler 150 list of largest not-for-profit multi-site senior living organizations includes three companies in the top 10 that weren’t even in the compilation at all last year.