Communities

Lexington Health Network Awarded Three US News & World Report “Best” Awards in Short-Term Rehabilitation

LOMBARD, IL–US News & World Report recognized Lexington Health Network as “Best” in Short Term Rehabilitation for healthcare locations in Chicago Ridge, Lake Zurich, and LaGrange. This prestigious award coincides with “Five-Star Quality” ratings from the Centers for Medicare &…

Yuma Senior Living Earns Perfect Score from Arizona Department of Health Services

YUMA, AZ–Yuma Senior Living is pleased to announce that they achieved a perfect score on their latest state inspection by the Arizona Department of Health Services. Over the past nine months, Yuma Senior Living has completed various community improvements and…

Integral Senior Living Announces Management of New Community in Atascocita, Texas

CARLSBAD, CA–Integral Senior Living has been selected to provide management services for Fountainwood at Lake Houston, a 200,000-square-foot senior living community in Atascocita, TX. The community is owned by a partnership between MedCore Partners of Dallas–Fort Worth and Houston-based The…

Fox Trail Memory Care Living and Rutgers’ Collaboration Delights Residents

GREEN BROOK, NJ–Fox Trail Memory Care Living, New Jersey’s largest network of boutique Alzheimer’s and dementia care homes, has formed a partnership with Rutgers Alzheimer’s Buddies, a chapter of the National Alzheimer’s Buddies nonprofit organization, to cultivate relationships between college students and Alzheimer’s residents.…

Baptist Health South Florida and Belmont Village Senior Living Form Joint Venture

MIAMI–Baptist Health South Florida, the largest not-for-profit healthcare organization in the region, and Belmont Village Senior Living, a nationally recognized seniors housing provider, announced March 15 that they created a venture to develop, own and operate senior living communities in South…

Belmont Village Senior Living’s First Florida Community ‘Tops Out’

HOUSTON–Belmont Village Senior Living reached a construction milestone with the “topping out” of its first community in Florida located at 1031 Seminole Drive in Fort Lauderdale. General Contractor Stiles Construction completed the concrete high-rise structure with the final roof placement.…

How the CMS Five-Star Rating System is Failing to Measure the Quality of Resident Care

WRIGHTSVILLE, PA–A recent announcement from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) shared changes to their Five-Star Quality Rating System, starting in April 2019. The system’s domains will not change, but the thresholds within each domain of Health Inspections,…

Retirement Community for Active Adults 55 and Better is Coming to Reno

RENO, NV–Carson City, Nev.-based Mission Senior Living celebrated the groundbreaking of Mountain Lakes Estates Retirement Community, located off of South Meadows Parkway, just past Sprouts in Reno. Upon completion in the spring of 2020, the 121,000 square-feet, four-story building will…

SeniorMetrics is now Sentrics

CHICAGO–SeniorMetrics, Inc. (“SeniorMetrics”), an integrated technology provider to the senior living industry, has changed its name to Sentrics. SeniorMetrics was established to bring together leading industry technologies to create an ecosystem that supports the expanded needs of today’s senior living…

Study: Living in Life Plan Communities Improves Quality of Life

GRAND RAPIDS, MI–Clark, a Grand Rapids-based senior living community, today announced positive early results from a national study conducted by Northwestern University and the Mather LifeWays Institute into the benefits of living at “life plan” communities, also known as continuing…