Risk assessments key to effective emergency preparedness plans
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
May 15, 2024
Emergency preparedness should be top of mind for all senior living providers, but the topic also is most likely to be shuffled off to the side until tragedy strikes.
Provider groups partner to strengthen workforce, improve care coordination
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
May 15, 2024
The Florida Health Care Association and the Florida Assisted Living Association will collaborate to try to strengthen the long-term care workforce and improve the coordination of high-quality care.
‘Great Resignation’ becomes ‘Great Reshuffle’ of American jobs
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
May 16, 2024
After a record number of workers left their jobs in the early part of the decade in what was known as the “Great Resignation,” the American workforce has entered a period now dubbed the “Great Reshuffle,”...
Hurricane evacuations of assisted living residents raise risk of adverse outcomes
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
May 16, 2024
A study of more than 25,000 assisted living residents in Florida found that evacuation was associated with increased odds of emergency department use and nursing home placement within 30 days of a hurricane.
Senior living ‘on the precipice of this defining moment,’ Argentum CEO says
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Apr 30, 2024
The senior living industry sits “on the precipice of this defining moment with significant challenges but also tremendous opportunities” to tell its story and help millions of older adults “live...
Senior living’s value proposition is changing, but providers can adapt and stay relevant, expert says
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
May 10, 2024
The senior living industry is suffering from a trust and image problem, as well as a data problem. But it’s still possible for the sector to adapt to emerging technology trends to reshape its future.
CDC launches online tool to help Americans manage extreme heat
Apr 23, 2024
Climate change is sending more and more people unprepared for heatwaves to the nation’s emergency departments
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Apr 02, 2024
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Oakmont requests hearing as California passes emergency preparedness law
By
Lois A. Bowers
Sep 14, 2018
Oakmont Senior Living has requested a hearing about the potential shuttering of two of its California senior living communities over staff members’ alleged handling of resident evacuations during...
AARP report on assisted living response to Hurricane Harvey is ‘misleading and unfair,’ groups...
By
Lois A. Bowers
Aug 09, 2018
A new report that is critical of Texas assisted living operators’ preparedness and response to Hurricane Harvey in 2017 is misleading to the public and insulting to industry workers, according to...