It was a typical January morning for Belmont Village CEO Patricia Will when she boarded a flight from San Diego to Houston last week. All of that changed midflight. Texts started to roll in from leaders across the company: Strong and destructive fires were spreading in multiple parts of Los Angeles, threatening the safety of […]
As wildfires burned millions of acres on the West Coast, senior living providers in the region grappled with another problem in addition to the pandemic: thick smoke and poor air quality. Last week, countless people along the West Coast woke up to “apocalyptic” orange and red skies as historic wildfires burned millions of acres of […]
While senior housing providers across the country grapple with controlling rising costs from operations and labor, there is one other line item to which they should be paying close attention: property taxes. Property taxes are a hot button issue across the country, particularly as reforms are being proposed to how commercial real estate is assessed […]
There are numerous aspects that contribute to the quality of life for seniors in assisted living communities, and a recent study by global market research firm, ProMatura, revealed that providers in the nation’s most populous state are doing well in many facets. “While assisted living was once thought of primarily as a way for seniors […]
Three bills that would have increased regulatory oversight of assisted living communities in California, along with creating a more detailed consumer database on every licensed facility in the state, have all failed to advance in the state’s Legislature. Of the 16 bills on the table for California’s Senate Appropriations Committee, only two have made it […]
