Juliet Holt Klinger, Senior Director, Dementia Care Program, Brookdale Senior Living, Chicago, IL, is in the 2021 class of the McKnight’s Women of Distinction as a Veteran VIP.
A very troubling $56 billion question
By
John O'Connor
Jul 08, 2021
Considering some of the alternatives, I’m far from convinced that bankrupting Medicare for the sake of Aduhelm would be money well spent.
Assisted living operators face regulatory reforms in older adult protection law
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jun 22, 2021
Assisted living and personal care home operators in Georgia are facing regulatory reforms after the state legislature passed a bill imposing staffing, training and financial reporting requirements.
New law adds disclosure requirement for memory care providers
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jun 21, 2021
A new law in Texas requires memory care providers to make a new disclosure, but it won’t mean big changes for the sector, according to a senior living association expert.
64 percent of senior living communities saw no COVID-19-related deaths: NIC-funded study
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jun 03, 2021
A majority (64%) of senior living communities reported no COVID-19 deaths in 2020, according to an analysis of COVID-19 deaths across the long-term care residential continuum released today.
McKnight’s Online Forum XII offers new ways to engage residents, meet clinical and technology challenges
Jun 02, 2021
June brings another opportunity to hear from industry experts on all things COVID-19-related, with the McKnight’s Online Forum XII. Participants at the free June 24 event will be able to earn up to three...
Senior living CEO aims to reach 100,000 older adults through memory care program
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
May 19, 2021
With a goal of reaching 100,000 older adults by 2023, Goodwin House Inc. partnered with George Mason University to study the effect of its StrongerMemory Program on cognitive ability, memory retrieval...
Oregon lawmakers consider minimum staffing ratios for memory care communities
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Apr 08, 2021
Minimum staffing ratios would be established for assisted living communities with memory care units under a bill being considered by Oregon lawmakers.
Memory care suffers in 4Q 2020; NIC posts takeaways from actual rates report
By
Alicia Lasek
Mar 11, 2021
Memory care discounts in December were at their highest level since April 2020, and the sector had the largest monthly spread of below-average initial asking rates when compared with independent living...
Creating an innovative yet practical approach to memory care
By
Jennifer Ingerson
Mar 08, 2021
Loretto has focused on memory care for decades, and over the past five years, we embarked on one of the biggest undertakings of our history to create an innovative and yet practical solution to a major...