SACRAMENTO: California will not pay overtime to home aides who care for the state’s elderly and disabled after a judge overturned a federal regulation requiring it, officials announced.
By not paying overtime and some related benefits, Read More »
Retirement community investor upsets manufactured housing estate clients
NEW YORK: Cliff Cook’s backer in his retirement community roll out under the Lifecare Residences banner, is again attracting adverse publicity via his seniors housing holdings.
Sam Zell controls Equity Lifestyle Properties (ELS), the largest owner of manufactured home communities and RV parks in the Read More »
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Skilled nursing home design remains mired in institutional past
SEATTLE: Skilled nursing home design is trapped in a time warp. Despite falling occupancies, consumer resistance and client feedback, rest homes remain resistant to material change.
The combined forces of staff routine, government regulation, a lack of management creativity, the dead hand of industry Read More »
Study looks at why oldest seniors are hospitalized
BOSTON: A new look at hospital discharge data of extremely elderly patients — those 85 or older — underscores how many visits might be avoidable.
A study has looked at 10 years of discharge data ending in 2010. By the end of the decade, seniors Read More »
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