Occupancy trends up after omicron slump: Omega … AHCA / NCAL launches Diversity Executive Leadership Program … How to support older adults related to gun ownership decisions, suicide prevention …...
Actions & Transactions, April 29
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Apr 29, 2022
Living Out LBGT+ retirement community coming to Palm Springs, CA … $14M in improvements slated for Dearborn, MI’s Allegria Village, formerly Henry Ford Village … PMB & The Springs Living break ground...
Research informs efforts to combat depression, loneliness in older adults
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Apr 20, 2022
As more evidence pours in confirming that rates of depression and loneliness increased among older adults during the pandemic, researchers are calling for more coordinated and effective interventions.
Personal beliefs trump resident needs in anti-LGBTQ+ legislation, group says
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Apr 05, 2022
A series of bills winding their way through the South Carolina Legislature would give any healthcare worker a “broad license to discriminate” against any group, including assisted living residents,...
Improving diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging in senior living ‘not a quick fix’
By
Lois A. Bowers
Mar 24, 2022
Senior living companies will have their first opportunity to share information about their diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging efforts with the Senior Living DEIB Coalition when a survey goes out...
More news for Monday, Feb. 28
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Feb 28, 2022
Synergy Senior Dining & Hospitality Conference set for April 18 to 20 … Updated flyer lays out resident, owner rights in HUD physical property inspections … Solvere Living partners with Patriot Angels...
More news for Monday, Dec. 13
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Dec 13, 2021
Missouri latest state to introduce essential caregiver bill … Assisted living communities may offer promising future for older adults with serious mental illness: paper … LGBTQ advocates launch consumer...
Suicide risk varies among lesbian, gay and bisexual adults
Nov 17, 2021
Suicide risk was influenced by the intersection of sexual identity with other factors, including age, gender and race/ethnicity.
Senior living operator faces first-of-its-kind discrimination claim over housing denial for transgender...
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Oct 25, 2021
A senior living community in Maine is facing what is believed to be a first-of-its-kind discrimination claim for denying a room to a 78-year-old woman because she is transgender.
LGBTQ older adults fear discrimination in long-term care, need protections: study
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Aug 16, 2021
LGBTQ residents in assisted living and other long-term care settings fear discrimination, necessitating a “dramatic, systematic change” to care to protect those residents and promote equitable healthcare,...