Nicole Stempak |
June 5, 2017
A university lecturer has been awarded a grant to continue her research on how spatial configuration and design in long-term care facilities influences residents with dementia.
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Pamela Tabar |
May 31, 2017
Seniors hunting for value in skilled nursing care, assisted living and memory care are turning to a new venue—but they’ll need a passport.
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Kathleen Mears |
May 15, 2017
Lighting can have a big impact on a resident’s day-to-day routine, comforts and well-being, resident blogger Kathleen Mears explains.
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Pamela Tabar |
May 11, 2017
The combined REIT portfolio could contain more than 550 investments across the United States and Canada.
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Pamela Tabar |
March 22, 2017
The California startup has its wheels in motion to transform non-medical transportation for Medicare and Medicaid beneficiaries.
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Nicole Stempak |
March 22, 2017
Ecore flooring is expanding its research project to see if flooring can reduce falls risk in healthcare environments.
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Nicole Stempak |
March 8, 2017
Jimmy Buffett’s Margaritaville lifestyle brand plans to extend the vacation through a $1 billion planned retirement community in south Florida.
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Pamela Tabar |
March 6, 2017
Poor vision is a well known contributor to falls risk, but Irish researchers say the reason why isn’t what we thought.
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Pamela Tabar |
February 22, 2017
Researchers have designed a new tool to assess how elder-friendly a dining space is. Turns out, healthy dining for older adults is about a lot more than food. How would your dining venues rate?
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Nicole Stempak |
February 9, 2017
A Florida provider is introducing an intermediary housing to offer assisted living services while allowing residents to maintain their independence and age in place.
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Nicole Stempak |
February 7, 2017
A nursing home in Maine is providing an immersive learning experience for nursing students through a new program that teaches them to live their lessons.
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Nicole Stempak |
January 20, 2017
A first-of-its-kind apartment complex in Cleveland aims to meet the needs of low-income seniors as well as the LGBT community.
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Nicole Stempak |
January 13, 2017
A forecast the 2017 senior living design trends, as determined by experts at the third annual Senior Living Design Symposium.
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Pamela Tabar |
January 13, 2017
Market rustlings continue that the senior living giant is in talks with at least one prospective buyer.
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Nicole Stempak |
January 12, 2017
Friends Life Care and SpiriTrust Lutheran will launch a new program to support seniors as they continue to live at home.
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Pamela Tabar |
December 29, 2016
The national senior care operator has decided to buy the real estate for 15 properties it operates in Wisconsin.
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What values are driving the design of today’s senior living communities? Linden Wood Village is an example of how senior living communtities can balance amenities and variety with safety and security, all while being good neighbors.
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The national need for affordable assisted living is surging, but how will we find the funds to build more?
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Long-term care facilities and hospitals are becoming more aware of the need for diligent infection control in resident populations--including better training.
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Nicole Stempak |
November 7, 2016
A first-of-its-kind memory care facility is designed specifically for people with developmental disabilities. At least one of every two people with Down syndrome will develop some type of dementia as they age.
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Nicole Stempak |
November 4, 2016
A small, but growing, niche market of senior move managers can help prospective residents and their family through the gigantic task of downsizing.
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Pamela Tabar |
October 27, 2016
Views of nature are healthy, and one company has found a way to brings the sunrises and sunsets indoors.
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Pamela Tabar |
October 25, 2016
The new Alzheimer’s clinic, named for the Lady Vols Head Coach, sports dementia-friendly design.
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Nicole Stempak |
October 21, 2016
A continuing care retirement community has launched a life care at home membership program to offer the benefits of community-dwelling for those age 55 and older who are still living at home or too young to move to campus.
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