Sixteen states made changes to assisted living regulations, statutes, and policies in 2011, according to the National Center for Assisted Living’s 2012 edition of “Assisted Living State Regulatory Review,” and several more have changes in the works. Four of those states (Georgia, Nevada, North Carolina, and South Dakota) made “major” changes, according to Karl Polzer,… Read More »
Senior Care Tech Innovation Shines at TedMed 2013
The Innovation Series is Brought to you by Care Innovations, a joint venture between Intel Corporation and GE, committed to creating technology-based solutions that give people confidence to live independently, wherever they are. With GE’s expertise in healthcare and Intel’s expertise in technology – we’re innovating to change the way care and solutions are delivered.… Read More »
Will Google’s Robo-Cars Drive Senior Independence?
The Innovation Series is Brought to you by Care Innovations, a joint venture between Intel Corporation and GE, committed to creating technology-based solutions that give people confidence to live independently, wherever they are. With GE’s expertise in healthcare and Intel’s expertise in technology – we’re innovating to change the way care and solutions are delivered.… Read More »
“Digital Pills” Could Help Senior Care With More Than Just Meds
The Innovation Series is Brought to you by Care Innovations, a joint venture between Intel Corporation and GE, committed to creating technology-based solutions that give people confidence to live independently, wherever they are. With GE’s expertise in healthcare and Intel’s expertise in technology – we’re innovating to change the way care and solutions are delivered.… Read More »
On the Record: Tana Gall, Partner & President of Leisure Care
Tana Gall, president of Seattle-based retirement community management company Leisure Care, made the leap into the senior living industry almost 19 years ago after being lured away from a job in advertising and marketing. Since then, she has used her extensive knowledge of her own company and the industry as a whole as she leads Leisure… Read More »
On the Record: Scott Brinker, EVP of Investments at Health Care REIT
One of 2012′s biggest senior living deals, the $845 million acquisition of Sunrise Senior Living by Health Care REIT, Inc. (NYSE:HCN) in a transaction that spun off the company’s management team and gave Sunrise investors $14.50 per share, was completed two weeks ago but continues to grow as joint venture interests are bought out. The… Read More »
On the Record: Alan Rosenbloom, President of The Alliance for Quality Nursing Home Care
The nursing home industry hasn’t exactly had the easiest of paths for the past fifteen or so years, especially after Congress’s Balanced Budget Act of 1997 attempted to restructure the Medicare reimbursement system and ended up cutting about $16 billion from the program, instead of the originally intended reduction of about $9-10 million. Alan G. Rosenbloom,… Read More »
