A new website and smartphone app allows people with disabilities to find and review any public space or business location for accessibility.
DETECTO introduces wheelchair scale
Jan 22, 2014
DETECTO has introduced a wall-mount wheelchair scale with a fold-up storage design.
MassDevelopment issues $8.5 million tax-exempt bond for Roxbury Crossing
Jan 22, 2014
MassDevelopment has issued an $8.5 million tax-exempt bond for Roxbury Crossing Senior Building Limited Partnership, an affordable senior housing project sponsored by Mission Hill Neighborhood Housing...
MedProperties, The LaSalle Group announce construction deal
Jan 14, 2014
MedProperties Holdings LLC and The LaSalle Group will begin construction on a 46-bed Autumn Leaves of North Austin this month, the companies said. The community will be one-story and located about a half...
CCRC engineers holiday cheer
By
Tim Mullaney
Jan 01, 2014
Arbutus Park Retirement Community does not just deck the halls for the holiday season. It lays down rails.
Profile: Headlines to headliner
By
Dave Surico
Jan 01, 2014
It could have been fate that led Leonard Russ to healthcare. No one will really know. But what it wasn’t was expected.
Nursing home does not need Supreme Court intervention to avoid birth control mandate, feds say
By
Tim Mullaney
Jan 06, 2014
The federal government defended the Affordable Care Act’s so-called “contraception mandate” Friday in a Supreme Court filing against a Catholic long-term care provider. The ACA requires...
Judge dismisses HIPAA claims arising from Omnicell laptop theft
By
Tim Mullaney
Jan 06, 2014
Individuals do not have the right to sue healthcare providers under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act simply because their personal information was compromised, a federal judge recently...
Dallas utility company leaves nursing home without power over cold weekend
By
Tim Mullaney
Dec 11, 2013
A Dallas skilled nursing facility went without power for days due to an apparent breakdown in communications with a utility company, according to local reports.
Providers embracing technology bring in honors in second Tech Awards program
By
Elizabeth Newman
Dec 01, 2013
The second annual McKnight’s Long-Term Care News Excellence in Technology Awards begged the question: How can you compare to last year’s storied winners?