Former pro basketball player launches senior living referral service
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jul 20, 2023
Former Los Angeles Lakers basketball forward Lamar Odom is partnering with Regency Palms Senior Living in Oxnard and Long Beach, CA, on a new venture to help older adults and their families find residential...
Residents bring dance moves to the court
By
Foster Stubbs
Apr 10, 2024
The NCAA tournament might be known as the Big Dance, but residents of several senior living communities offered a few dance numbers of their own at basketball games during the regular season. Find out...
Lamar Odom sells recently launched senior living referral service to ZNest
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Oct 12, 2023
Odom Senior Care, launched this summer by two-time NBA champion Lamar Odom to help older adults and their families find residential senior living, has been acquired by online senior living lead generator...
Resident gets ‘carried away’ with Barbie
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Foster Stubbs
Aug 02, 2023
A fateful commute ensured that Dottie Soule never would leave Barbie World. Find out more, and learn how to submit your photos!
Illinois senior living residents put on their dancing shoes
By
Foster Stubbs
Feb 01, 2023
Dance fever is contagious. Despite popular narratives, everyone is susceptible to it. Even octogenarians such as Leigh Bailey and 17 fellow residents of The Merion senior living community in Evanston,...
Israeli intergenerational exchange program bridges generational, cultural gap
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Nov 28, 2022
A Milwaukee senior living and care provider recently hosted a group of Israeli teens as part of a first-of-its-kind intergenerational exchange program to “plant seeds of tolerance and understanding between...
C. Max Bachmann
Jun 27, 2022
C. Max Bachmann is a 2022 summer editorial summer intern, primarily attached to McKnight’s Home Care and McKnight’s Long-Term Care News.
Empowering older adults who want to work can differentiate your community
By
Bo Fishback
Jan 27, 2022
Almost half of adults are expected to work in some capacity after they retire. Senior living community operators have to get creative to find ways to attract these potential residents to their communities.
Meet Jaime Smiley, Veteran VIP honoree
By
Emma Baumgartel
Aug 06, 2021
Jaime Smiley, clinical education coordinator, Medical Facilities of America, Roanoke, VA, is in the 2021 class of McKnight’s Women of Distinction as a Veteran VIP honoree.
Meet Nancy Hooks, Hall of Honor inductee
By
Emma Baumgartel
Jul 15, 2021
Nancy Hooks, vice president, state and affiliate relations, LeadingAge, Washington, DC, is in the 2021 class of the McKnight’s Women of Distinction as a Hall of Honor inductee.