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But where will those cuts come from? The National Investment Center for Seniors Housing & Care is looking to operators, develops, builders and others for answers.
As legislators in her home state of Minnesota passed a landmark bill related to assisted living and memory care, U.S. Sen. Amy Klobuchar, seeking to win the Democratic nomination in the race for president, discussed her family’s experience with the settings at a campaign event in New Hampshire.
Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME) and Sen. Bob Casey (D-PA), chairman and ranking member, respectively, of the Senate Special Committee on Aging, are turning to assisted living providers and others for recommendations on ways to reduce older adults’ risk of falls and manage fall-related injuries.
Forty-one current and future leaders in senior living and skilled nursing were recognized Thursday at the inaugural McKnight’s Women of Distinction Awards program in Chicago.
Unlike with other types of technology, older adults still “rely heavily” on physicians and other healthcare professionals for information about health and wellness-related technologies, according to a new survey.
Barclay Friends broke ground this month on a new assisted living and memory care building to replace one that was destroyed in a five-alarm fire in November 2017 in which four residents died.
A man already charged for an attack at a senior living community and the murder of an elderly woman elsewhere now faces 11 new capital murder charges in Texas.
Senior living organizations, regulators and consumer advocates on Tuesday finalized an agreement about licensing assisted living facilities for the first time in Minnesota, completing a two-year process.
Long-range capital planning in senior living will be the focus of a free webinar May 30 at 1 p.m. ET.
The organization said it is the first long-term care provider in North Carolina to provide mandatory employee vaccinations on this scale.
Eighty-eight percent of respondents to a recent survey ranked combined independent and assisted living communities (with or without memory care) as a “very desirable” or “extremely desirable” investment.
An executive director says her Florida senior living community is considering its legal options after a jury awarded $6 million to family members of a former resident whom they alleged died after falling off a scooter in the community’s courtyard and getting burned by the sun when she wasn’t found for several hours.
With help from senior living residents and caregivers, researchers are redesigning a robotic pet to offer expanded capabilities. They hope to have a product ready for market next year.
Participants in a recent poll who had a family history of dementia or who had been a caregiver to someone with dementia were less likely to rate their memories as good, were more likely to worry about developing dementia and were more likely to think they would develop dementia.
A laboratory sales representative has been sentenced to more than four years in prison for defrauding the Medicare program of more than $430,000 while convincing residents of affordable senior housing communities to submit to genetic testing without seeing a healthcare professional, according to the Justice Department.
Thirty-four senior living and care organizations have been recognized as winners in NRC Health’s first Customer Approved Awards and Employee Approved Awards, the healthcare consumer data and content company announced Monday.
The Roberts Academy, a Montessori secondary school serving students aged 12 to 18 years, is relocating to SilverRidge Assisted Living in Gretna, NE, to become what is believed to be the first full-time Montessori secondary school in the country located in a healthcare setting.
The competition features two tracks — one for senior living, and one for skilled nursing — with six categories each.
LTC Properties also is looking to move the six Thrive communities in its portfolio to other operators, CEO Wendy Simpson said Friday. The REIT also provided an update on other operators in its portfolio.
A developer, builder and manager of affordable senior housing and other apartment complexes did not comply with the Fair Housing Act and the Americans with Disabilities Act when designing and constructing the properties, according to the Department of Justice.
