Senior living might want to take a new look at an old friend
By
John O'Connor
Jun 21, 2018
Will a new twist help revitalize the private long-term care insurance market?
Is your senior living organization ready to make some good news?
By
John O'Connor
Jun 14, 2018
You are in a position to not only read some good news, but to make some of your own.
Big plans aren’t necessarily senior living’s problem
By
John O'Connor
Jun 07, 2018
Daniel Hudson Burnham’s directive to “make no little plans” has inspired many an ambitious undertaking across our great country. Including, apparently, a plan by Brookdale Senior Living...
A labor-relations problem that usually gets overlooked
By
John O'Connor
May 31, 2018
The labor challenges that senior living operators discuss are part of a larger problem that generally is ignored.
Unapproved drugs for your terminal residents? An idea that is way overdue
By
John O'Connor
May 24, 2018
In any senior living community, there are usually a few residents who just want to die. But the rest certainly don’t. And the latter group just received a gift that potentially could help them live...
Is your senior living organization ready to crash and burn?
By
John O'Connor
May 17, 2018
A hope and a prayer is a questionable way to run a senior living organization.
Many senior living organizations are paying a high price for cutting corners
By
John O'Connor
May 10, 2018
Does a senior living community’s reputation rest with its worst aide? Judging by the way many aides are trained and treated, not everyone thinks so.
What’s in your company’s wallet? Unions suddenly are a lot more curious
By
John O'Connor
May 03, 2018
It would appear the next management-union standoff is about to begin. And both sides are loading up for bear.
Keep your cool to prevent food poisoning
By
Edward Sharek
Apr 26, 2018
Senior living executive directors and skilled nursing administrators must take very seriously the cooling of food after it is cooked.
Two new developments that might give senior living operators labor pains
By
John O'Connor
Apr 26, 2018
Two entities outside this sector just got seriously slapped for dubious labor practices. Wise senior living operators would do well to take a lesson or two here.