Couple to plead in Presbyterian Manors $1.5 million mail fraud case
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John Hall
May 08, 2015
A former Kansas couple facing up to 20 years in federal prison and $1 million in fines are expected to plead guilty to at least some of the charges alleging they submitted fraudulent invoices to his former...
California mulls assisted living cameras
By
John Hall
Feb 04, 2015
California may allow some form of videotaping in assisted living facilities, following mounting pressures from concerned families and positive outcomes from an Orange County facility that installed the...
Peppers cooked in hooch lead to facility fire, evacuation
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John Hall
Apr 21, 2015
There’s a lot that’s unclear in an attempt to cook peppers in Everclear in an assisted living residence last week.
Assisted living resident kicked out after hiring prostitutes with liquor-sale proceeds
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John Hall
May 13, 2015
An assisted living facility was willing to look the other way whenever one of its residents would return from a “booze run” to pander liquor to other residents, but not when its staff discovered...
Assisted living residents’ nude calendar needs second printing
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John Hall
Mar 31, 2015
Nearly four months into the year, a 2015 calendar sporting nude photographs of the residents of Pleasant Pointe Assisted Living in Akron, OH, are still flying out the door — so much so that a second...
Homicide charges follow sudden illness of six assisted living residents
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John Hall
Mar 18, 2015
A 98-year-old woman’s death in a south suburban Chicago assisted living facility has been ruled a homicide. She and five others were hospitalized in early February after suffering breathing difficulties....
Assisted living residents with dementia receiving too many antipsychotics, GAO says
By
John Hall
Mar 03, 2015
Government investigators are calling for greater scrutiny of antipsychotics use among dementia patients in post-acute settings beyond nursing homes.
2014 senior housing prices hit record highs
By
John Hall
Mar 10, 2015
Average per-unit prices in the assisted living market soared 25% in 2014 in the midst of a record-setting favorable combination of vigorous investment activity, abundant capital and low interest rates,...