Senior living could lead cultural shift related to aging, report author says
By
Lois A. Bowers
Feb 22, 2018
The senior living industry, with innovation and imagination, could drive a new era of healthful aging, one of the authors of a new report from the Milken Institute told McKnight’s Senior Living....
2023 McKnight’s Tech Awards finalists announced
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Lois A. Bowers
Aug 21, 2023
Finalists for the 2023 McKnight’s Excellence in Technology Awards have been chosen by a panel of expert judges.
President’s Council recommends ‘technology for graceful aging’
By
Lois A. Bowers
Mar 27, 2016
Internet access, fraud and abuse protection, cognitive training products and safety-related monitoring technology all are addressed in recommendations in a new report from the President’s Council...
Ignite Medical Resorts expands into Texas with 4 Bridgemoor facilities
By
James M. Berklan
Lois A. Bowers
Apr 04, 2022
Ignite Medical Resorts has added four Bridgemoor Transitional Care facilities in Texas to its growing portfolio of boutique post-acute care facilities.
Big senior living stories of 2020
By
Lois A. Bowers
Dec 22, 2020
A year ago, nobody in the U.S. senior living industry would have predicted that a pandemic would upend everyone’s personal and professional lives in 2020. But COVID-19 undoubtedly was the story of the...
Hillcrest, Mercy Ridge named Gold winners in McKnight’s Technology Awards
By
Lois A. Bowers
Oct 05, 2018
A Montessori dementia care program and the use of technology to communicate with residents and staff are the Gold winners in the Quality and Training categories, respectively, of the Senior Living track...
Company can’t market cannabidiol products for Parkinson’s, Alzheimer’s, FDA and FTC say
By
Lois A. Bowers
Oct 23, 2019
A Florida company must stop marketing its unapproved cannabidiol products using unsubstantiated claims that the products treat Parkinson’s disease, Alzheimer’s disease and other conditions, the Food...
Survey provides insights into AL quality improvement efforts
By
Lois A. Bowers
Apr 13, 2016
Results of the National Center for Assisted Living’s latest performance measures survey provide a look at the ways assisted living professionals are working to improve quality, stabilize staff and...
Managed long-term care costs cited as one of largest Medicaid programs plans $2.5 billion in cuts
By
Lois A. Bowers
Jan 23, 2020
New York’s Medicaid program would see $2.5 billion in cuts under a $178 billion state budget proposal outlined Tuesday by Gov. Andrew Cuomo. Increasing costs in the program are due in part to costs related...
McKnight’s Senior Living staff members are finalists for prestigious journalism award
Feb 22, 2018
Editorial staff members of McKnight’s Senior Living are finalists for a Jesse H. Neal Award, often referred to as “the Pulitzer Prize of business media.”