With the number of Medicare beneficiaries expected to increase from 54 million to more than 80 million by 2030, according to the Medicare Payment Advisory Committee, and with the public expressing a preference to receive care in their homes rather than in institutional settings, opportunities for home- and community-based care have never been better.
One of the biggest outcomes of the pandemic on the life plan / continuing care retirement community sector has been giant leaps made in recognizing the importance of connectivity within the lives of older adults and taking steps to ensure that it continues in spite of not being able to see each other in person, said speakers Wednesday at the LeadingAge Annual Meeting Virtual Experience.
Former Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Scott Gottlieb, M.D., had some sobering words Tuesday for a senior living industry that has been battling the coronavirus pandemic for more than eight months now. “It’s bad now, but I think it’s going to look much worse,” he told those attending his keynote address at the LeadingAge Annual Meeting Virtual Experience.
The world might be in the midst of a global pandemic, but the silver lining is, it’s a good time to plan new communities, expansions and repositionings, according to development and marketing experts speaking Tuesday at the LeadingAge Annual Meeting Virtual Experience.
Eighty-one percent of senior living and care providers responding to a recent survey say that they are encouraging their residents not to travel during the upcoming holidays, due to the pandemic.
I’ll make my mother’s dressing recipe, a family favorite, and the rest of the meal, for two instead of 20, and at some point during the day, I hope to join my siblings and their families for a video chat.
LeadingAge President and CEO Katie Smith Sloan on Thursday shared a long wish list of areas that providers could work toward making realities within the industry and in the world in general. “We do know this: We are not going back to where we were,” she said.
When COVID-19 hit the United States in late February at a nursing home in Kirkland, WA, senior living providers had no idea they would be in a race for personal protective equipment that would challenge their resources, procedures and employees.
The COVID-19 pandemic is creating a prolonged period of disruption, change and risk for many senior living organizations. Amidst this, operators must take the time to ensure agile board oversight, dynamic strategy execution and proactive risk management are all undertaken and well aligned to help the organization thrive, speakers said Thursday during a session at the 2020 LeadingAge Annual Meeting Virtual Experience.
COVID-19 found aging services providers in the trenches battling negative narratives. Countering those messages, however, industry professionals collectively became the “mouse that roared,” according to speakers Wednesday during a session at the LeadingAge Annual Meeting Virtual Experience.
