“This project has been a very long time in the making.” Those were the words that Belmont Village Senior Living founder and CEO Patricia Will said to a group of nearly 60 people late last month at a ribbon cutting ceremony of a sales center Read More »
Category: Assisted Living
Assisted Living Care Costs Increase 6.7% In 2018
Spurred by the continuing shortage of skilled labor in senior living, the costs to reside in assisted living in 2018 are nearly double last year’s rate, according to the latest Cost of Care Survey from insurer Genworth Financial (NYSE: GNW). Assisted living costs rose 6.67%, Read More »
Seniors Prefer Assisted Living To Moving In With Family
Whether they don’t want to be burdens to their children or are placing faith in future innovation, older adults view assisted living as a better option than moving in with family members. Going to a nursing home, meanwhile, is about as popular as a root Read More »
Assisted Living Regulations Changed in 29 States In Last Year
More than half of all U.S. states — 29, to be exact — tweaked regulations, statutes and policies for assisted living providers between June 2017 and June 2018, according to the 2018 edition of the “Assisted Living State Regulatory Review” from the National Center for Read More »
Amid Medicaid Woes, Skilled Nursing Providers Switch to Assisted Living
Facing financial headwinds from low Medicaid reimbursements, some skilled nursing providers in Washington are eyeing a switch to other product types — including assisted living. The state’s current Medicaid system, which took effect in 2016, has led to constrained reimbursements across the state. That, in Read More »
Tips for Better Home Care Partnerships in Assisted Living
While assisted living communities and home care agencies frequently collaborate, successfully forging those kind of relationships can be difficult. It’s for this reason that leaders from two Midwestern assisted living communities provided insight into how and when they partner with home care agencies Wednesday during Read More »
Sunrise Senior Living Experiments with ‘Video for the Brain’ Dementia Therapy in UK
Sunrise Senior Living is launching a 12-month trial in some of its U.K. communities, testing a type of dementia therapy that is gaining increasing recognition for effectiveness. The approach, if successful, could be integrated into the company’s memory care practices in the United States as Read More »
Atrium Agrees to Place 33 Skilled Nursing and Assisted Living Properties Into Receivership
Atrium Health and Senior Living has agreed to place 33 of its properties — including nine assisted living communities in Wisconsin — into a court-appointed receivership. The Circuit Court of Wood County appointed Michael Polsky of Beck, Chaet, Bamberger & Polsky in Milwaukee as the Read More »
Prosecutors Face Setback in Massive Assisted Living Fraud Case
A judge has dealt a significant blow to federal prosecutors in the nation’s largest Medicare fraud case to date. Magistrate Judge Alicia Otazo-Reyes threw out crucial evidence in a $1 billion fraud indictment against Philip Esformes, a health care executive behind more than 30 Miami-area skilled Read More »
D.C. Bill Would Ban Assisted Living Communities From Accepting Dementia Patients
If passed, a local Council bill in Washington, D.C., would ban the 12 assisted living communities in the nation’s capitol from accepting residents who have been diagnosed with dementia or need hospice care. Specifically, one sentence in the bill would prohibit local assisted living communities Read More »
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