Beth Burnham Mace, chief economist for the National Investment Center for Seniors Housing & Care, explains the potential broad effects of the United Kingdom decision to leave the European Union and how...
California top state for wealthy older renters
By
Lois A. Bowers
Jun 30, 2016
California dominates the list of the most expensive places for renters-by-choice that also have high populations of adults aged more than 55 years, according to new data.
Care.com gets $46 million infusion from Google Capital
By
Lois A. Bowers
Jun 29, 2016
Google Capital has invested $46.35 million in Care.com, making the growth equity fund the largest investor in the website that helps caregivers find jobs and consumers find caregivers.
McKnight’s Senior Living strikes gold in awards competition
Jun 29, 2016
McKnight’s Senior Living took home a Gold Award and two Silver Awards from the American Society of Business Publication Editors’ Upper Midwest Region event Wednesday night.
2 operators to pay $718,000 in back wages, damages
By
Lois A. Bowers
Jun 29, 2016
Two California employers operating five residential care facilities in the state will pay more than $359,000 in back wages and an equal amount in damages after they were found to have violated the minimum...
Where assisted living is most, least expensive
By
Lois A. Bowers
Jun 28, 2016
Southern states are some of least expensive for assisted living, and Northeast and South Atlantic states are some of the most expensive, according to new data from Genworth’s 13th annual Cost of...
Community ordered to pay family $587,000 after resident falls, dies
By
Lois A. Bowers
Jun 28, 2016
A Washington senior living community was ordered to pay the family of a former resident almost $587,000 after the 97-year-old woman fell and died several months later.
ACHCA launches new online portal
Jun 28, 2016
The American College of Health Care Administrators has launched a new online portal that includes a new association management system and online communities.
Home healthcare faces Supreme Court labor decision, proposed CMS cuts
By
Lois A. Bowers
Jun 27, 2016
The Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear a challenge to a rule requiring home health agencies to pay workers minimum wage and overtime, and CMS proposed reducing Medicare payments to home health agencies...
DOL ‘persuader’ rule blocked by federal court
By
Lois A. Bowers
Jun 27, 2016
Just days before the Department of Labor’s new union “persuader” rule was to start being enforced, a federal district court on Monday temporarily blocked its implementation until the...