SAN FRANCISCO–Not-for-profit public benefit corporation Elder Care Alliance has been selected by Mather LifeWays Institute on Aging as a recipient of the Promising Practices Award. This award highlights organizations that are moving away from conventional practices by developing and implementing new and innovative approaches in aging well or long-term care …
Read More »Tapestry Senior Living Walden Creates Unique Experiences For Residents With Music And Memory And Homelike Feel
TALLAHASSEE, FL–Tapestry Senior Living Walden, Tallahassee’s newest Assisted Living and Memory Care Communities, offers residents with dementia diseases a community that feels like home and uses MUSIC & MEMORY© to reconnect residents with the good times. Tapestry Walden offers an intimate “Homelike Feeling” for those requiring memory care support, featuring neighborhoods where …
Read More »Fox Trail Memory Care Living and South River Little League Partnership Hits a Home Run
SOUTH RIVER, NJ–South River’s Fox Trail Memory Care Living, a part of New Jersey’s largest network of boutique Alzheimer’s and dementia care homes, has formed a community partnership with the South River Little League, under which the senior living community is providing young baseball players with fun and wholesome opportunities–on and off …
Read More »New AARP Research on Grandparents Busts Stereotypes on Attitudes, Employment, Finances and Lifestyle
WASHINGTON–AARP released its Grandparents Today National Survey highlighting the latest trends among grandparents in the United States. Since 2001 the number of grandparents has grown by 24 percent from 56 million to 70 million. The research found that grandparents spend an average of $2,562 annually on their grandchildren, equaling approximately $179 billion dollars per year. The youngest grandparent …
Read More »SeniorAdvice.com Announces Top 20 Cities for LGBTQ-Friendly Retirement in 2019
AUSTIN, TX–SeniorAdvice.com one of the nation’s top senior housing referral services, released their annual list of America’s top cities for gay-friendly retirement in 2019. This is the third annual list of best cities for LGBTQ seniors by SeniorAdvice.com and compared to the previous lists, there were many additions as well as …
Read More »The Legacy Willow Bend Provides Next-Level Service in Senior Living Dining
PLANO, TX–It might come as a surprise to find Plano’s best-kept dining secret is at The Legacy Willow Bend, Plano’s only Life Care retirement community, where the dining team has fostered an overall experience by catering to residents’ preferred tastes and desires. Since the senior living community opened its doors …
Read More »LCB Senior Living, LLC Assumes Management of Traditions of Wayland and Traditions of Dedham
NORWOOD, MA–LCB Senior Living, LLC, the Norwood, Massachusetts-based, developer and operator of luxury independent, assisted and memory care communities for seniors, has announced that it will assume management of two senior living communities owned by MacNeil and Associates: Traditions of Wayland in Wayland, MA, and Traditions of Dedham, located in …
Read More »Sentrics Acquires SeniorTV to Expand Interactive Entertainment Choices for Seniors
CHICAGO, IL–Sentrics (formerly SeniorMetrics), which provides integrated technologies to the senior living industry, today announced that it is continuing to expand its suite of services to senior living communities by acquiring Akron, Ohio-based SeniorTV. SeniorTV is America’s leading provider of affordable television entertainment, community-specific programming, and Internet and WiFi solutions …
Read More »National Physiatry to Attend HealthTAC East 2019 in Bahamas April 7-9
CORAL GABLES, FL–The Patient-Driven Payment Model (PDPM), the new Medicare payment rule for skilled nursing facilities (SNF) with an October 2019 implementation date, will surely be a topic of discussion among senior living and healthcare executives at the upcoming HealthTAC East 2019 to be held at Grand Hyatt Baha Mar, …
Read More »Birch Hill Retirement Community Announces New Contract
MANCHESTER, NH–Birch Hill, Manchester’s only Continuing Care Retirement Community (CCRC), and an affiliate of The RiverWoods Group, has unveiled a new, limited-edition flexible contract. This contract is the first of its kind in New England featuring greater flexibility and lower monthly cost. “We created this new contract to respond directly to interest we …
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