Recently in the Kiplinger’s Personal Finance, Alina Tugend published an article pointing out that while early long-term care policies did not cover in-home care, more recent ones permit coverage for caretakers from licensed...more
The CDC has composed guidelines for ALFs to follow during the pandemic to best protect the lives of residents, who by age and preexisting conditions, are most susceptible to the Covid virus. The CDC encourages ALFs to review...more
In a New York Times opinion article from Sunday, September 1st, written by Geeta Anand, she notes that the number of assisted living facilities have nearly tripled in the past 20 years and are creating a lucrative return to...more
A recent article in the New York Times reports on the problem in assisted living dementia care facilities of residents physically attacking other residents. The estimate is that 8% of such residents are victims of these...more
The New York Times on Sunday had a troubling front-page article Sunday on nursing homes masking the depletion of their staffs. Nursing homes are not ALFs, so why should this bother us? ...more
On February 4th, the New York Times had an article which should give the ALF industry pause. It reported that at the request of four senators, the Government Accountability Office commissioned a two-year investigation of...more
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People with Alzheimer’s and dementia often suffer from anxiety and agitation. One of the most effective means of dealing with those symptoms is therapy animals. The problem for ALFs and memory care facilities, however, is...more