McKnight’s 2015 Tech Awards contest kicks off today
By
John O'Connor
May 11, 2015
The 2015 McKnight’s Excellence in Technology awards program is now accepting submissions from skilled nursing, assisted living and continuing care retirement community operators.
Bankruptcy plan approved for Senior Care Centers
By
John O'Connor
Dec 10, 2019
Dallas-based Senior Care Centers LLC will be restructured into a new company controlled by unsecured creditors, under a court-approved Chapter 11 plan.
Hospice sector assails double-digit payment cuts
By
John O'Connor
Dec 10, 2019
The hospice sector quickly blasted a 20% Medicare payment cut proposed by a congressional advisory panel.
Senate drug pricing bill lowers costs for seniors
By
John O'Connor
Dec 10, 2019
A new version of a Senate drug-pricing bill would trim the amount seniors would pay for medications, advocates are claiming.
Senior living operator stole from residents, indictment alleges
By
John O'Connor
Nov 22, 2019
Arizona prosecutors this week charged a man who once operated several senior living communities with 14 counts of theft and one count of fraud. Jerone Davis formerly ran Rancho Verde Care Homes, the documents...
Many working women saving little for retirement years
By
John O'Connor
Nov 22, 2019
Women employed in senior living appear to be far less prepared for retirement than their male counterparts, a new report suggests.
Hurricane threat heats up mandatory generator debate
By
John O'Connor
Sep 10, 2019
Although Hurricane Dorian was basically a near-miss for Florida, that didn’t stop the Florida Sun Sentinel from running a story that was largely critical of generator-free senior living communities across...
Feds put ‘conscience rule’ implementation on hold until November
By
John O'Connor
Jul 03, 2019
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services will postpone a rule allowing workers to decline performing tasks they find morally objectionable until at least November.
Hospital sends woman with dementia to locked senior living community
By
John O'Connor
Feb 01, 2019
Long Beach, CA-based College Medical Center dumped a woman with dementia outside the locked senior living community where she lived in the middle of the night, a daughter’s negligence complaint alleges.
Want residents in a better mood? Then get them moving
By
John O'Connor
Dec 14, 2018
Increasing residents’ physical activity may put them in a better mood, researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health have found.