Former Enlivant communities exceeding expectations under Inspirit management, Sabra Health Care REIT...
By
Lois A. Bowers
Nov 08, 2023
Performance of a group of 11 former Enlivant senior living communities for which management was moved to Inspirit Senior Living on July 6 “has so far exceeded expectations,” with occupancy in September...
NY assisted living providers hopeful for rate bump for Medicaid-funded program
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Mar 20, 2024
While New York State nursing homes are hoping to make up Medicaid funding shortfalls 16 years in the making, senior living providers are hopeful that a comparable Medicaid increase for the Medicaid-funded...
MFCU efforts result in 20 convictions, $9.41 million in recoveries related to assisted living in FY 2023:...
By
Lois A. Bowers
Mar 18, 2024
Efforts by state Medicaid Fraud Control Units resulted in a total of 20 criminal convictions and $9.41 million in criminal case recoveries related to assisted living in fiscal year 2023, according to a...
Brookdale’s staffing algorithm under fire for alleged chronic understaffing of communities
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Apr 02, 2024
One national senior living company’s staffing algorithm drew repeated complaints from building managers for failing to capture the nuances of caring for older adults, leading to residents going without...
Bankruptcy filings trend up, with long-term care still showing ‘substantial distress’
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Nov 16, 2023
Chapter 11 bankruptcy filings in the healthcare industry, including those in long-term care, have trended upward in the third quarter, according to the Polsinelli-TrBK Distress Indices Report. Healthcare...
National Senior Campuses still ranked No. 1 on latest LeadingAge Ziegler LZ 200 list
By
Lois A. Bowers
Oct 31, 2022
Wellesley Hills, MA-based National Senior Campuses has retained the top spot on the LeadingAge Ziegler 200 list of largest not-for-profit multi-site senior living and care providers for the seventh consecutive...
Prevalence of COVID-19 variant BA.2.86 rising in the United States
Nov 28, 2023
Preliminary data on the variant suggest that it does not trigger more severe illness than previous variants.
Senior Living Hall of Fame inducts 4 for 2023
Jan 06, 2023
Keren Brown Wilson, Noah Levy and Chuck and Karen Lytle are the 2023 inductees into the Senior Living Hall of Fame, the American Seniors Housing Association announced Thursday.
McKnight’s Senior Living secures 3 more awards, including Grand Award, for editorial content
Jul 18, 2022
McKnight’s Senior Living has captured a Grand Award and two Awards of Excellence in the 2022 Awards for Publication Excellence program. Winners were announced Friday. The 34th annual APEX Awards, sponsored...
Employee handbook language makes senior living provider’s arbitration policy ‘unenforceable,’ court...
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jul 31, 2023
A senior living provider’s employee arbitration agreement is “unenforceable” because the company reserved the right to unilaterally alter the policy without advance notice, a court has ruled.