K4Connect Enters Into Strategic Partnership with Dude Solutions North Carolina-based K4Connect recently announced real-time work order integration with TheWorxHub by Dude Solutions, a provider of cloud-based operations management solutions also based in North Carolina. Accordingly, TheWorxHub by Dude Solutions will be integrated into K4Community, which is K4Connect’s flagship product specifically designed for senior living operators and residents. […]
Argentum
In response to the industry’s ever-persistent recruiting and retention issues, senior living providers are increasing caregivers’ work hours, according to Argentum’s Senior Living Labor & Workforce Trends: 2018 Forecast. Citing data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), the Alexandria, Virginia-based national senior living industry trade organization found that the average hours worked by […]
2017 has been a wild ride for many industries—the senior living industry included. This year, industry news was once again dominated by Brookdale Senior Living (NYSE: BKD). There were takeover predictions, acquisition rumors and analyst think pieces, but ultimately no merger deals—at least as of Dec. 17. We also have a strong feeling that we […]
After fifteen years in business, Heritage Senior Living is upping its game with a $500,000 technology initiative, as part of a recently developed operational strategy drawing from best practices internationally. Heritage is one of Wisconsin’s largest senior living providers and only operates in that state. With its corporate offices located in the Milwaukee suburb of West Allis, […]
The woman with the long grey hair, sweet smile, and Brooklyn moxie played one final piano flourish and turned to the crowd at The Sheridan at Green Oaks, receiving applause and thanks. A group of about 20 memory care residents at the Senior Lifestyle facility in suburban Chicago were gathered for a concert with an opera […]
*Editor’s Note: This story has been corrected from a previous version, which inaccurately stated there was a significant decrease in total units among the largest providers. This was based on a mistaken analysis of the data, confusing resident capacity with unit count. Argentum’s 2016 rankings were based on resident capacity, and this year the rankings […]
Senior living providers, industry associations and residents are mobilizing against a provision of the recently introduced tax reform bill in the U.S. House of Representatives, saying this element of the legislation would increase the tax burden for residents and threaten their ability to remain in private-pay communities. For over 70 years, the medical expense deduction has been part […]
A judge has ruled that Florida Gov. Rick Scott cannot order assisted living communities or skilled nursing facilities (SNFs) to install generators, citing the lack of emergency conditions. Administrative Law Judge Garnett Chisenhall of Florida’s Division of Administrative Hearings invalidated the rule on Oct. 27 on the grounds that Scott “failed to demonstrate the existence […]
While federal policies have shifted in a pro-business direction since President Donald Trump took office last January, potential labor law changes still could threaten the bottom line for senior living providers. “It has played out that the new administration is friendlier to business,” Maribeth Bersani, COO of senior living association Argentum, said last week at the […]
Bailey Named CEO of Blue Willow Systems Menlo Park, California-based Blue Willow Systems, developers of a software as a service (SaaS) platform designed to detect falls and provide analytics to senior living facilities, has named Bob Bailey as its new CEO. Bailey has served as the company’s chairman of its board of directors. Prior to […]
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