For my money, what the field could really use – perhaps even more so than targeted retooling – is a person along the lines of a John C. Bogle. Or better yet, more than one.
A million tragedies
By
John O'Connor
May 19, 2022
More than one million people have died from COVID-19 in the U.S. And what was our nation’s general reaction? In a word: meh.
Maybe the worst really is over
By
John O'Connor
Nov 10, 2022
For two solid years, the pandemic has been doing some very nasty things to the senior living sector. But if recent earnings calls are any indication, happier days may be here again.
So, senior living isn’t healthcare after all?
By
John O'Connor
Jan 04, 2024
The senior living industry’s reinvention as a healthcare player just received a notable setback. In a court room, of all places. As McKnight’s Senior Living recently reported, a circuit court judge...
Dealing with senior living’s triple threat
By
John O'Connor
Oct 05, 2023
AHCA/NCAL President and CEO Mark Parkinson, addressing the opening session of the organizations’ 2023 convention, singled out three nightmares the long-term care sector finds itself dealing with.
What COVID-19 has taught senior living operators
By
John O'Connor
Mar 16, 2023
This might be a good time to size up COVID’s key lessons for senior living operators. Three clearly stick out.
Defenseless spending
By
John O'Connor
Dec 16, 2021
The hurdles to getting coronavirus relief stand in sharp contrast to the way lawmakers are tossing billions at defense contractors and other makers of industrial-grade weaponry.
Need something else to worry about?
By
John O'Connor
Apr 30, 2020
I’m no expert on monetary policy and have never played one on TV. But even I am beginning to wonder if these actions might create another problem for senior living operators.
Senior living struggles to solve the $600 question
By
John O'Connor
Aug 06, 2020
As Congress gets ready to finalize a third relief package, one of the few remaining sticking points is slowly fading.
Memories are made of this
By
John O'Connor
Sep 10, 2020
In all our lives, there are things that happen. And then there are events that are so profound they become the pillars of our collective memory. For the senior living sector, COVID-19 has the potential...