Editorial
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Boomers Changing the Rules of Retirement
Editor’s Note: This article was written and submitted by senior-living executive Beth Kuberka. If you are a senior-living executive at a community with an idea for an article that you’d like to write and publish in Senior Living News you’re…
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Former Senior Living Administrators Sentenced to Jail
BUCKS COUNTY, PA — Two former administrators at a Bucks County memory-care facility have been sentenced for up to two years in county jail for failing to report on-campus sexual assaults of three female dementia patients by a male dementia…
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New CDC Report: Health Workers Facing Mental Health Crisis
This year’s worst-kept secret is the shortage of healthcare workers. It’s been an approaching problem for some time that got dramatically worse over the past three years or so. In 2018, pre-pandemic, one-third of health workers across the board planned…
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Amityville Caregivers Picket Over Use of Temporary Nurses, Equipment Concerns
AMITYVILLE, NY — Massapequa Center Rehabilitation & Nursing, represented by 1199SEIU United Healthcare Workers East, have picketed in this village on the south shore of Long Island, about 90 minutes east of New York City. What is being called “informational…
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A Sneak Peek at the Soon-to-Open, Zen-Inspired Enso Village
“We have always been a generation of seekers; curious and actively questioning,” it says on Enso Village’s website. “Zen as it has traveled from India, to China, to Japan and now here to the West, has provided a steady basis…
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From Tasteful Textures to a Paperless Kitchen — It’s Happening at RiverSpring Living
RiverSpring Living sits on 32 acres in Riverdale, New York, a residential neighborhood in the Bronx, just a few miles north of Yankee Stadium. According to its website, RiverSpring’s “park-like” grounds boast “sweeping views of the Hudson River and walkable…
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Meadowood Left ‘Senior Living’ Behind — and Then What Happened?
Addition by subtraction can show up in many forms — including when you subtract something that had been presumed untouchable. Take the words “senior living,” for instance. Literally. For nearly 35 years, Meadowood had been Meadowood Senior Living, so…
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‘Keys Bags Names Words’: Documentary about Alzheimer’s Disease and Other Dementias Released for World Alzheimer’s Day
September 21 was World Alzheimer’s Day, and in recognition a new feature documentary, “Keys Bags Names Words,” has just been released worldwide. Produced and directed by award-winning filmmaker Cynthia Stone, “Keys Bags Names Words” portrays stories of both the personal…
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HEALTHTAC West Panel: Solving Similar Problems Through Different Lenses
SAN ANTONIO, TX — The final panel at the recent 2023 HEALTHTAC West conference at this city’s La Cantera Resort & Spa was moderated by OZ Architecture Principal Jami Mohlenkamp. The panel, called Solving Similar Problems Through Different Lenses, came…
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HEALTHTAC West Panel: Cher is 77, the ‘Friends’ Cast is 60 — Are We Ready?
SAN ANTONIO, TX — The fifth of our six panels at the recent 2023 HEALTHTAC West conference at the La Cantera Resort & Spa had a rather attention-grabbing title: Cher is 77, the ‘Friends’ Cast is 60 — Are We…