Assisted living providers can take steps to address workforce shortages, quality, Alzheimer’s Association...
By
Lois A. Bowers
Apr 22, 2024
As federal lawmakers ponder ways to address workforce shortages and quality in senior living communities and other long-term care settings, the Alzheimer’s Association and its advocacy affiliate, the...
An unofficial employee appreciation day
By
Lois A. Bowers
Apr 22, 2024
Tuesday was the day US News & World Report released its Best Senior Living ratings for 2024, and it also was an employee appreciation day of sorts.
A vote for the family caregiver
By
Lois A. Bowers
Nov 07, 2022
A new survey delivers additional food for thought on the business opportunities for senior living providers to serve family caregivers.
New national caregiver strategy calls for changes for senior living families, workers, financing
By
Lois A. Bowers
Sep 26, 2022
Relatives of senior living residents are among those who are a focus of what the federal government is calling its first national strategy to support family caregivers.
2 reports of interest to anyone employing or serving women
By
Lois A. Bowers
Mar 20, 2023
An expected future report from the Government Accountability Office could be of interest to senior living operators as care and service providers to older adults and as employers. So could a new report...
Dollars spent on HCBS go further than those spent on nursing homes, study finds
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Lois A. Bowers
Jun 29, 2023
Older adults are not “drawn out of the woodwork” to try to qualify for Medicaid benefits when a state expands home- and community-based services, according to the findings of a new study.
Memory care certification launches for assisted living communities
By
Lois A. Bowers
Jul 12, 2023
The Joint Commission, in collaboration with the Alzheimer’s Association, has launched a memory care certification program for assisted living communities.
$25 million in COVID-19 payments will support 211 long-term care organizations
By
Lois A. Bowers
Aug 08, 2022
One-time payments totaling $25 million will be issued to 211 long-term care organizations in Maine to help them recover from the pandemic, Gov. Janet Mills (D) announced Thursday.
This decline could be good news
By
Lois A. Bowers
Feb 21, 2023
Good news for older adults and those who care about them: The prevalence of disabilities among Americans aged 65 or more years is “much lower” than it was for the same age group a decade earlier.
Federal bill would change ‘devastating’ guardianship system that affects senior living residents,...
By
Lois A. Bowers
Mar 31, 2023
A bill introduced Thursday by Senate Aging Committee Chair Bob Casey (D-PA), the Guardianship Bill of Rights Act, “would address the nation’s patchwork guardianship system and explore alternatives...