Staff training and sales support among best uses for AI in LTC settings, expert says
By
Aaron Dorman
Jan 19, 2024
A new overview of AI in LTC from LeadingAge highlights some of the most valuable new AI tools and reaffirms AI’s role in admin work.
Telehealth adoption requires nuanced approach beyond simply running cables to rural areas, new report...
By
Aaron Dorman
Jan 19, 2024
Adding broadband access to rural, underserved communities may not be a silver bullet that enables telehealth use, a new study shows.
Report identifies where assisted living rents are changing the most
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jan 19, 2024
The assisted living sector touts itself as the most cost-effective option to provide quality-of-life care and services for the nation’s older adults. But that value comes at a cost, according to a new...
Actions & Transactions, Jan. 19
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jan 19, 2024
Ziegler advises on sale of Elkhart Lake, WI, senior living community … Sherman & Roylance facilitates sale of West Orange, NJ, assisted living community … Watermark Retirement Communities, Alliance...
New tech-friendly senior living design could serve as model for future buildings, engineers hope
By
Aaron Dorman
Jan 18, 2024
Developers behind a new veterans home are hoping the facility serves as a design model for integrating personal tech preferences.
US Senate launches investigation of assisted living after lay media reports about safety, staffing, pricing
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jan 17, 2024
The US Senate Special Committee on Aging is launching a review of the assisted living industry following recent articles in the Washington Post, which reported on the deaths of residents who wandered from...
Business briefs, Jan. 17
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jan 17, 2024
Washington Post, New York Times articles prompt Senate investigation into assisted living … House votes to repeal joint-employer rule; president promises veto … Class action settlements spiked in 2023,...
Joint Commission proposes new infection control requirements for assisted living
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jan 16, 2024
The Joint Commission is planning to revise its infection prevention and control requirements for assisted living community accreditation as infection prevention and control regulations for the setting...
Actions & Transactions, Jan. 16
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jan 16, 2024
CentraState Health System’s Applewood to become part of FellowshipLIFE … BWE provides $13.1M financing for MA senior living community … Blueprint facilitates sale of Charlotte, NC-area senior living...
Business briefs, Jan. 12
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jan 12, 2024
Senior living occupancy rate increases for 10th consecutive quarter: NIC … 20 states make changes to assisted living regs … Initial claims for unemployment decrease by 1,000 week over week … CPI...