Senior living market ripe for development, experts say
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
May 24, 2024
The senior living landscape is ripe for development thanks to market fundamentals, extended construction timelines and growing occupancy, according to experts with the National Investment Center for Seniors...
Report says ‘aspirational vision’ for assisted living unattainable without additional resources
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
May 24, 2024
A post-pandemic analysis of New Jersey’s long-term care industry, including assisted living, created an “aspirational vision” of what the industry could be, but the state’s failure to provide resources...
Active adult consumers want a sense of community but are open to senior living if the need arises
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
May 23, 2024
Although some older adults choose active adult communities over independent living or continuing care retirement / life plan communities, the active adult sector does not appear to be “poaching” large...
Alzheimer’s Association’s new ‘Superhub’ can help providers launch dementia care training programs
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
May 23, 2024
Senior living and other long-term care providers looking to launch their own dementia care training programs now can turn to the Alzheimer’s Association, which was just named the world’s first Project...
Potential rescheduling of marijuana could affect senior living providers, residents
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
May 22, 2024
A move by the federal government to reclassify marijuana as a schedule III drug could have implications for senior living residents.
Identifying highest-risk assisted living communities key to tackling next outbreak: report
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
May 22, 2024
The public health response to COVID-19 in assisted living communities in New York highlights the need to identify those communities at highest risk of infectious disease outbreaks to provide necessary...
State-level initiatives tackle language-based barriers to worker training, testing
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
May 20, 2024
Foreign-born workers account for 27% of the nation’s direct care workforce, but many states maintain strict, English-only testing and training requirements that can prevent some immigrants from entering...
Task force releases recommendations addressing workforce shortages
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
May 20, 2024
Although North Carolina’s assisted living communities don’t employ large numbers of nurses, industry leaders noted that findings and recommendations from a state task force on addressing a shortage...
Improving senior living staff experience key to retention efforts
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
May 17, 2024
An employer focus on staffing over the past few years, along with a slowly changing job market, appears to be easing workforce headwinds in the senior living and care industry, according to an analysis...
Honorees shine at sixth annual McKnight’s Women of Distinction event
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
May 15, 2024
Senior living, skilled nursing and home care representatives celebrated the accomplishments of many during the 2024 McKnight’s Women of Distinction Awards and Forum ceremony Tuesday at the JW Marriott...