New partnership aims to ‘transform’ senior living through real estate, care, tech
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Sep 28, 2023
A Brentwood, TN, assisted living and memory care community is the launch point for a new partnership that aims to create an innovation center for technology and data solutions for the senior living industry...
As feds claw back PRF payments, assisted living frustrated it ‘lost out’ over mismanagement
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Sep 25, 2023
As the federal government continues to claw back misappropriated and unused COVID-19 relief funds, senior living industry advocates remain frustrated that assisted living providers “lost out” on this...
Assisted living community to appeal results of state’s bed rail death investigation
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Sep 19, 2023
A Minnesota assisted living and memory care provider is appealing a state finding of maltreatment over a resident’s death, which investigators said occurred after she became trapped by a bed rail.
‘Substantial differences’ in assisted living, nursing home admissions show need for improved health...
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Sep 15, 2023
Comparing new assisted living community and nursing home admissions, researchers who conducted a recently published study found “substantial differences” related to demographic and socioeconomic factors,...
Assisted living communities close to hospitals more likely to use EDs for residents’ primary care
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Sep 14, 2023
Assisted living communities located close to hospitals are more likely to rely on emergency departments to provide non-emergency primary care rather than invest in onsite or on-call medical staff, according...
CCRCs, SNFs face continuing challenges in recruiting staff: Fitch Ratings
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Sep 14, 2023
Continuing care retirement / life plan communities and skilled nursing facilities are lagging behind assisted living communities when it comes to recruiting staff, according to Fitch Ratings’ latest...
Senior living occupancy on track for 9th consecutive quarterly gain
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Sep 14, 2023
Senior living (independent living and assisted living, including memory care) is “on track for a ninth consecutive quarterly gain, with a half percentage point increase in the first two months of the...
Low wages, part-time work remain barriers to direct care workforce pipeline
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Sep 13, 2023
Not much has changed in a year for the direct care workforce, according to a new PHI research report, released Tuesday
Demand for direct care workers expected to outpace availability: report
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Sep 13, 2023
Demand for direct care workers — home care workers; workers in residential group homes, assisted living communities and other residential care; and nursing assistants in skilled nursing facilities —...
Senior living asking rates hit near-record highs in second quarter
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Sep 12, 2023
Asking rates were at near-record highs for senior living communities in the second quarter, according to a new report from NIC MAP Vision.