Average salaries for assisted living community presidents/CEOs across the country increased 2% over the past year, up from the 1.33% increase that the executives received in the previous year but down...
Business briefs, Jan. 23
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jan 23, 2024
Memory care staff would receive dementia-focused training under proposed bill … Pilot study on direct care workers to inform future nationwide survey … Argentum invites providers to share stories ahead...
From lay media to social media, people are questioning assisted living
By
Lois A. Bowers
Jan 22, 2024
TikTok is the latest medium generating attention for the assisted living industry, and not necessarily the good kind of attention.
Healthcare orgs taking steps to remove racial bias from algorithm and AI tools, new report shows
By
Aaron Dorman
Jan 22, 2024
A team of doctors is going through algorithms to find, and remove, anything that could exacerbate racial bias, a new report shows.
Report identifies where assisted living rents are changing the most
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jan 19, 2024
The assisted living sector touts itself as the most cost-effective option to provide quality-of-life care and services for the nation’s older adults. But that value comes at a cost, according to a new...
New tech-friendly senior living design could serve as model for future buildings, engineers hope
By
Aaron Dorman
Jan 18, 2024
Developers behind a new veterans home are hoping the facility serves as a design model for integrating personal tech preferences.
US Senate launches investigation of assisted living after lay media reports about safety, staffing, pricing
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jan 17, 2024
The US Senate Special Committee on Aging is launching a review of the assisted living industry following recent articles in the Washington Post, which reported on the deaths of residents who wandered from...
Business briefs, Jan. 17
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jan 17, 2024
Washington Post, New York Times articles prompt Senate investigation into assisted living … House votes to repeal joint-employer rule; president promises veto … Class action settlements spiked in 2023,...
Joint Commission proposes new infection control requirements for assisted living
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jan 16, 2024
The Joint Commission is planning to revise its infection prevention and control requirements for assisted living community accreditation as infection prevention and control regulations for the setting...
Actions & Transactions, Jan. 16
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jan 16, 2024
CentraState Health System’s Applewood to become part of FellowshipLIFE … BWE provides $13.1M financing for MA senior living community … Blueprint facilitates sale of Charlotte, NC-area senior living...