McKnight’s Senior Living honored for online, print efforts
Jun 27, 2017
McKnight’s Senior Living has won three 2017 Awards for Publication Excellence recognizing its online and print efforts.
Bowers wins two journalism awards
Jun 04, 2017
McKnight’s Senior Living Senior Editor Lois A. Bowers picked up awards for editorial writing and headline writing Friday in the 2017 All Ohio Excellence in Journalism competition.
Florida provider groups cheer generator ruling as governor promises appeal
By
Lois A. Bowers
Oct 30, 2017
Organizations representing Florida assisted living and nursing home operators cheered Friday’s decision by the state’s Division of Administrative Hearings that invalidated two emergency rules...
New law requires central, locked storage of guns at assisted living communities
By
Lois A. Bowers
Oct 21, 2019
California assisted living communities that allow guns on their premises will be required to centrally store the guns, unloaded, in a locked gun safe under a bill signed into law by Gov. Gavin Newsom (D).
Missouri says ‘Show Me’ again with camera bills
By
Lois A. Bowers
Jan 31, 2017
Missouri residential care, assisted living, intermediate care and skilled nursing facilities would be required to grant resident requests to use electronic monitoring devices in their rooms, with certain...
Legislators scramble to clarify new dementia training requirements
By
Lois A. Bowers
Jan 07, 2020
Legislators in New Hampshire have been scrambling to clarify new minimum training requirements for workers in assisted living and other settings caring for residents with dementia after a bill with the...
Healthcare real estate investment trust HCP still expects Scott Brinker to join the company in January as executive vice president and chief investment officer, despite allegations from his former employer,...
Holiday Retirement community managers are moving out
By
Lois A. Bowers
Feb 28, 2017
The live-in managers of Lake Oswego, OR-based Holiday Retirement senior living communities are moving out as the company changes its management model to a more traditional one.
Anti-fraud efforts must include senior living, hearing witness says
By
Lois A. Bowers
Feb 15, 2017
Efforts to stop or prevent the financial exploitation of older adults should include assisted living and continuing care retirement communities, as well as personal care and nursing homes, because residents...
Senators pledge to fight proposed NIH budget cuts
By
Lois A. Bowers
Mar 29, 2017
Cutting the National Institutes of Health budget by $5.8 billion as proposed by President Donald Trump would be a setback to dementia research and “is the last thing we should do,” Sen. Susan...