Archive for December, 2009

Movers & Shakers: People and Positions For Week Of December 18, 2009

Who’s doing what and who’s going where in the senior living industry?  Find that below or make a suggestion for Movers & Shakers…..Send your staffing announcements to info@seniorhousingnews.com

Wireless MedCARE Raises Capital For LTC Technology Product

Wireless MedCARE, LLC recently announced that the company has raised $535,000 in equity and debt offerings since October 2008 to develop the VivaTRAK™ Activity Monitoring system for use in long-term care facilities. Wireless MedCARE (WMC) was created in 2006 to address common quality of care and efficiency problems in skilled nursing sector of healthcare delivery. [...]

Redstone Highlands Receives CCRAC Accreditation

Redstone Highlands Senior Living Community has earned a five-year term of accreditation from the Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities Continuing Care Accreditation Commission (CARF-CCAC), its first ever. Redstone Highlands is a Christian, non-profit continuing care retirement community (CCRC) with campuses in Greensburg, Murrysville, and North Huntingdon, including the Redstone Colonial Estates at its North [...]

Senior Quality Lifestyles Corporation Announces Completion of $164,855,000 Financing for The Stayton at Museum Way

Senior Quality Lifestyles Corporation (SQLC), a Texas-based nonprofit developer of senior living communities, announced last month that financing has been completed for The Stayton at Museum Way.  The financing was completed through the sale of $164,855,000 in revenue bonds and Ziegler Capital Markets served as bond underwriter for the transaction. Construction is underway on the [...]

New Medicaid Study Identifies Problematic States With Payment Gap Between Actual Care Cost and Provider Reimbursement

A new Eljay LLC analysis of the nation’s Medicaid financing system projecting states will cumulatively under fund the actual cost of providing quality long term care by nearly $4.7 billion for 2009, and finds seniors in the states of New York, Illinois, Ohio, Texas, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Massachusetts, Florida, California and Wisconsin will bear the [...]

RememberItNow! Seeks Feedback On eHealth Service Offering

RememberItNow! LLC, a provider of patient-centric eHealth services, recently launched a research project to gather feedback on its service offering.  The online service includes medication reminders, a personal health record, and private care community.  The survey is part of a flash-based overview of the service and is looking for feedback from three different groups that [...]

Warner Design Associates Wins Award For Spanish Spring, Nevada Senior Living Project

Warner Design Associates Wins Award For Spanish Spring, Nevada Senior Living Project

Warner Design Associates (WDA) received three 2009 BANN-ER awards on the Cascades of the Sierra development in Spanish Springs, Nevada. The facility won awards for Best Commercial Interior Design, Best Finish Work and Best Multi-Family project from the Builders Association of Northern Nevada .  WDA worked closely with the Cascade Living Group and LRS Architects [...]

Emeritus Announces Lease Acquisition of Eight Senior Living Communities

Emeritus Corporation (NYSE: ESC), a national provider of assisted living and Alzheimer’s care services to seniors, announced that it has entered into an agreement with National Health Investors, Inc. (NYSE: NHI) to lease eight senior living communities. The communities, located in Arizona, South Carolina, and Tennessee, consist of approximately 258 assisted living units, 66 memory [...]

National Alliance For Caregiving Study Shows Trends & Data For U.S. Caregivers

The Nattional Alliance for Caregiving released its annual report that profiles caregivers in the United States today to a similar report released five years ago.  The study examined the prevalence of caregivers in the U.S.(29% of the U.S. adult population, or 65.7 million people), the caregiving situation in terms of the nature of caregiving activities, [...]