Assisted living generator rule stalls in Florida House
By
Lois A. Bowers
Mar 01, 2018
A rule requiring assisted living communities in Florida to have backup generators has stalled in the state House of Representatives due to concerns about costs that operators could incur.
Older adults cling to older technology, survey finds
By
Lois A. Bowers
Mar 01, 2018
Perhaps not surprisingly, adults aged 70 or more years are more likely to have older technology, such as desktop computers and regular phones, than those aged 50 to 69, according to a survey recently conducted...
It’s time for national standards in assisted living, authors argue
By
Lois A. Bowers
Feb 27, 2018
The assisted living industry should look to the skilled nursing industry for standards that could be implemented to help improve resident care and operators’ bottom lines, said the authors of an...
Investors prefer communities that offer both independent and assisted living, survey finds
By
Lois A. Bowers
Feb 23, 2018
Senior housing investors are shifting to prefer communities that offer both independent living and assisted living (with or without memory care) on one campus, according to newly released results of a...
Andy Smith out as Brookdale CEO as strategic review process concludes
By
Lois A. Bowers
Feb 22, 2018
Andy Smith is being replaced as president and CEO at Brookdale Senior Living, and Daniel Decker will be leaving his position as executive chairman, the company announced this morning in advance of its...
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....
Another caregiver shortage for senior living
By
Lois A. Bowers
Feb 20, 2018
If anyone in senior living or long-term care is screaming in relation to the results of this year’s Fellowship Matches, they are screams of despair.
Georgia bill would require tougher long-term care worker background checks
By
Lois A. Bowers
Feb 16, 2018
More thorough background checks would be required of all Georgia assisted living community owners, workers with direct access to residents and applicants for jobs with duties that would put them in direct...
Memory care will be big growth area in 2018, senior living leaders predict
By
Lois A. Bowers
Feb 14, 2018
Memory care will be the biggest growth area in senior living and long-term care in 2018, predict executives participating in Lancaster Pollard’s “2018 Seniors Housing and Care Survey,”...
Top senior living concerns are recruiting, retaining, paying, survey says
By
Lois A. Bowers
Feb 12, 2018
Staffing and labor issues by far are the biggest concerns of senior living chief financial officers responding to a recent poll by specialty investment bank Ziegler.