Pamela Tabar |
December 29, 2016 The national senior care operator has decided to buy the real estate for 15 properties it operates in Wisconsin.
Read More » What makes a strong and healthy charitable giving program? The President and CEO of the Asbury Foundation shares how to create a philanthropic program that keeps on giving throughout the year, not just during the holidays when generosity tends to spike.
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Nicole Stempak |
November 23, 2016 The 2016 LZ 150, produced by LeadingAge and Ziegler, finds the nation's 150 largest nonprofit senior living providers are building out their existing campus and through service offerings to non-residents and with joint ventures. More than three-fourths also offer specialized memory care units.
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Nicole Stempak |
November 3, 2016 Once the agreement is complete, Brookdale will be an equity partner and manage HCP’s 64-community portfolio, which Blackstone separately agreed to purchase.
Read More » Resident blogger Kathleen Mears wonders about changing policy so the fire alarm isn’t a signal for residents and visitors to panic.
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Pamela Tabar |
August 31, 2016 In the eternal battle to win over move-ins, senior housing relies on design to support both quality medical care and hospitality amenities.
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Pamela Tabar |
August 30, 2016 The Zika virus is not expected to spread rampantly throughout the United States, but senior living communities in southern states or high-risk areas like Miami can take proactive precautions to reduce risk to residents, staff and visiting families.
Read More » “Household model” senior living environments are attractive to residents for their person-centered care and resident quality of life, but are they financially viable?
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Pamela Tabar |
August 15, 2016 Industry innovators are pushing the meal ticket far beyond fish sticks and apple slices.
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Nicole Stempak |
July 29, 2016 Hand in Hand Elder Care is bringing in back up to help with growing referrals as company expands senior living placement offerings.
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Nicole Stempak |
July 12, 2016 Erickson Living, a national developer and manager of continuing care retirement communities, grows its executive team ahead of anticipated facility growth.
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Nicole Stempak |
June 22, 2016 The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services announced it will not begin surveying for compliance with the 2012 fire safety codes until November. The July 5 ruling still applies when considering which code chapters facilities must comply with.
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Stan Szpytek |
June 16, 2016 Stay compliant with CMS requirements by using the proper editions of the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) Codes and Standards.
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Nicole Stempak |
May 27, 2016 Chateau Girardeau is making room for more residents. The continuing care retirement community plans to add eight single-dwelling estate homes to its community, which already has a wait list.
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Nicole Stempak |
May 27, 2016 State health officials have suspended an assisted living facility’s operating license for two of its buildings. The facility has received dozens of deficiencies and reports of two resident falls in the last six months.
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Nicole Stempak |
May 18, 2016 Glenn Maul will step down as executive vice president and chief people of Brookdale Senior Living Inc. by July 15.
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Pamela Tabar |
May 9, 2016 The memory care provider adds a new market to its portfolio through the acquisition of two communities in the heartland.
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Pamela Tabar |
May 6, 2016 The flurry of mergers and acquisitions in long-term care may not be helping the quality of care delivered by the properties involved, notes a new study in Health Affairs journal.
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Nicole Stempak |
April 8, 2016 The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has imposed steep fines and threatened to terminate Woodbriar Health Center from its programs if serious problems are not resolved by next week.
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Nicole Stempak |
April 5, 2016 Employees at Woodbriar Health Center were retrained on falls-related injuries following the death of a resident, according to a revised plan submitted to the Massachusetts Department of Public Helath. The department says the second fall-related resident death is the result of deficient care.
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Pamela Tabar |
March 31, 2016 Bon Secours Health System sells its NY arm, including the Schervier Nursing Care Center and other senior living properties.
Read More » Sometimes a bit of help and some occasional services are all seniors need to retain independence a little longer—and stay out of a higher level of care. Read how one senior living organization’s idea for boutique services changed its residents’ lives in just two years.
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Nicole Stempak |
March 25, 2016 In the course of an investigation of a resident's death, state regulators determined substandard care resulted in a second resident death and resident fall at Woodbriar Health Center, the latest in a mounting citation list for owner Synergy Health Centers.
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Nicole Stempak |
March 15, 2016 Woodbriar Health Center must resubmit a plan to the state health department. The facility, owned by Synergy Health, has been making headlines for a resident’s death, scabies outbreak and substandard care.
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Nicole Stempak |
March 11, 2016 Genesis Healthcare Inc., one of the nation’s largest post-acute care providers, will sell most of its home health and hospice operations to Compassus for $84 million. The company will use the proceeds to repay debt.
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Nicole Stempak |
March 9, 2016 LifeCare Holdings will acquire Haven Home Health as the company continues expanding its post-acute service offerings.
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Pamela Tabar |
March 2, 2016 The owner of the ALF, which doubled as an animal shelter, has been charged with four counts of elder neglect as police find residents soiled and surrounded by stray cats and dogs.
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