A technical glitch provided the basis for Washington, D.C.’s U.S. District Court to strike down the National Labor Relations Board’s rule allowing “ambush” elections. Under the rule, which went into effect on April 30, union elections were allowed to take place in 14 days or less. Many argued that the expedited election rule denied employers […]
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Change in lifestyle is a crucial issue that has a huge impact on someone’s decision to enter a senior living community. As senior living communities market to new residents, there is a critical time period—it can be as short as a few minutes—during which they engage or lose the potential customer. That engagement revolves directly […]
Establishing partnerships between assisted living and other post-acute care providers—particularly rehabilitative services—is essential going forward in the senior living industry, a panel of senior care executives told attendees of ALFA Community 2012 session in Dallas on Wednesday. While there are many different components of the post-acute care continuum, the relationship between rehabilitation and assisted living […]
Are you going to the Assisted Living Federation of America’s annual conference, held this year on May 16-18 in Dallas, Texas? Senior Housing News will be there… and we’d like to meet you! Whether it’s just to say hi, or to give us a scoop (we always appreciate that), talk about advertising on our website, […]
The 60+ demographic is blowing up on a global scale and will encompass two billion people by 2050, according to United Nations data, and nearly 440 million of those people will be found in China. The scope of this growth is unprecedented, and with a senior living sector still in the early stages of development, […]
The U.S. Court of Appeals has halted the implementation of a rule requiring almost any employer to post a notice in the workplace notifying employees of their right to unionize, a decision receiving strong support from senior living group the Assisted Living Federation of America (ALFA). Implementation was previously scheduled for April 30, 2012, but […]
India’s senior population is expected to grow 250% by 2050. This surge coupled with the country’s underdeveloped senior housing industry offers plentiful opportunities for providers looking to offer housing and related services for India’s older adults. The global aging phenomenon is opening doors of opportunity for the American senior living industry in multiple countries across […]
Senior Living Executive, the Assisted Living Federation of America’s magazine, has just released its annual list of the nation’s Top 80 Largest Providers, topped this year by Brookdale Senior Living (NYSE:BKD). The list ranks for-profit senior living operators by total resident capacity as of the first of the year, as reported by each company. “REITs […]
Willis Group Holdings (NYSE:WSH), a global insurance broker, recently announced that it’s gotten an exclusive endorsement from the Assisted Living Federation of America (ALFA) to provide insurance and risk management services to ALFA’s members. A Willis Group subsidiary, Willis of Illinois, Inc., will be the exclusive endorsed risk management insurance broker and human capital consulting […]
The Assisted Living Federation of America this week announced it has partnered with the first-ever senior living association in India. ALFA will work with the new Indian group to develop its senior living program to benefit the country’s consumers, the organization said. “The Indian senior living sector is still in its infancy and is expected […]
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