CDC releases new profile of assisted living residents
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Aug 10, 2024
Residents living in assisted living and other residential care communities in 2022 mostly were female (67%), white (92%) and 85 or older (53%), according to a new report from the Centers for Disease Control...
Dementia care education equips staff to create better interactions, outcomes
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Aug 14, 2024
It’s important that senior living communities invest in dementia care education to not only prepare for the 73 million baby boomers aging into the pool of prospective residents, but also to better equip...
Medicaid rates boost LTC Properties amid occupancy struggles and cyberattack during 2Q
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jul 30, 2024
The second quarter went “generally according to plan” except for challenges with occupancy issues at some assisted living communities operated by one company and a major cyberattack that disrupted...
How AI could open doors to better care, smoother long-term care operations
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jun 30, 2024
Aging services organizations already are using artificial intelligence, whether or not they realize it.
While some aging services providers last week warned that more scrutiny of healthcare consolidation and rules that seek to limit it further could create “unintended consequences,” others encouraged...
Soft skills, attention to high-performers drive retention, expert says
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Nov 01, 2022
In looking for the best answers on how to address historic staffing challenges in senior living, according to a “human capital” expert, the secret is to go back to the future.
Senate considers push to free immigrants’ path to long-term care jobs, ease staffing crisis
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Joe Bush
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Sep 16, 2022
Part of the skilled nursing sector’s staffing shortage could be eased with a change in U.S. immigration policies.
Palace Group, Sinai Residences named 2023 Best Workplaces in Aging Services
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Sep 14, 2023
Fifty companies representing residential senior living and care have been named to Fortune’s 2023 Best Workplaces for Aging Services lists, released Wednesday.
White House ‘tripledemic’ focus turns to improving facility air quality
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Dec 08, 2022
One of the best ways to battle the current onslaught of respiratory viruses that is battering older adults and other vulnerable populations is focusing more on improving indoor air quality.
‘Go for it.’ Leaders reflect on life on the leading edge of long-term care
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
May 26, 2023
CHICAGO — The future is bright for the long-term care industry, but its leaders must decide what they want the industry to be instead of waiting for tomorrow’s consumers to present a list of demands,...