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Celebrate National Assisted Living Week by listening to a story by Lisa D. Patient Expert

Posted Tue 28 Oct 2008 9:48pm This week marks the 13th annual National Assisted Living Week. This year's theme is Legacies of Love. This theme "highlights the privilege, value and responsibility... Day). Sponsored by the National Center for Assisted Living, I'd like to commend them on such a meaningful theme. Every week I'm invited into a potential clients homes and I Read on »

Celebrating Assisted Living Week by Sharon K. Brothers, MSW Healthy Living Professional

Posted Mon 22 Sep 2008 10:22am This week ends National Assisted Living Week. You probably were completely unaware of this week of honoring assisted living, especially since we also honored and remembered... that range from in-home care (one of the fastest growing segments of elder care today) to assisted living communities to nursing homes that now incorporate many of the values of person Read on »

Independent Living, Active Adult, Housing with Services, Assisted Living. What's the Difference?!? by Lisa D. Patient Expert

Posted Tue 28 Oct 2008 9:47pm with services, and assisted living? It's easiest to distinguish assisted living, at least in Minnesota. On January 1st 2007 there was legislation enacted that said you must-at a minimum-provide the following services to call yourself assisted living: Two meals each day Housekeeping and laundry service available at least once a week Help in arranging Read on »

New Minnesota Assisted Living Law by Lisa D. Patient Expert

Posted Tue 28 Oct 2008 9:48pm You've heard me rant about how legislation for assisted living will increase the cost of health care and make the services more difficult for many seniors to obtain. A new law that went into effect on January 1, 2007 that legislates senior housing and service providers calling themselves "assisted living" will offer at least the following services Read on »

SEIU Unionization of Caregivers at Assisted Living Communities - Is this the Answer? by Sharon K. Brothers, MSW Healthy Living Professional

Posted Fri 17 Oct 2008 9:13pm to Address SIEU's Assisted Living Campaign," noting that the union is stepping up efforts to unionize assisted living workers, maintaining that their focus is to "make sure assisted living communities provide quality, safe housing, and services at a good value" ( ImproveAssistedLiving.org ). ALFA recommends that assisted living managers educate themselves Read on »

Get Assisted Living, In Home Care Promises In Writing by CK Wilde Health Maven

Posted Wed 16 Dec 2009 1:45pm that the promises were not in writing and “if it is not in writing it doesn’t exist.” Get Promises in Writing The same rule applies to agreements for assisted living centers and in home care providers. Get all promises in writing. When my Dad and I toured a senior care facility that had both independent and assisted living, the marketing director reassured my Read on »

Assisted Living- The Good, Bad and the Ugly by cclark Posted Fri 27 Mar 2009 12:23am Assisted Living- The Good, Bad and the Ugly There are almost 35,000 AssistedLivingFacilities licensed and operating in the US today. These communities range widely in size... is AssistedLiving? The typical Assisted Living model is based on apartment style living with care services built in. This model encourages independence and autonomy while providing Read on »

Assisted Living companies in bankruptcy: what can a family do? by Sharon K. Brothers, MSW Healthy Living Professional

Posted Thu 22 Jan 2009 5:12pm Every day I see a new article on another assisted living company entering financial difficulties. Some are filing for bankruptcy; many are on the brink. If you have a loved one in an assisted living community, what should you do? Many families are feeling anxious about their loved ones' care as major companies like Sunwest Management Inc., one Read on »

Caregiver Certification Course provides comprehensive online training for in-home, assisted living staff by Sharon K. Brothers, MSW Healthy Living Professional

Posted Thu 06 Nov 2008 4:17pm all want for our aging loved ones. aQuire Training's Caregiver Certification Course, designed for in-home and assisted living caregivers, includes training in ethics, client’s rights, and elder abuse as well as training in emergency first aid, personal care and assistance with daily living tasks like mobility, bathing, and toileting. Throughout Read on »

Jon Harder, Sunwest, and the assisted living future by Sharon K. Brothers, MSW Healthy Living Professional

Posted Thu 22 Jan 2009 5:12pm I’ve never met Jon Harder, even though we live less than 40 miles apart, and have roots in the same community. What I know if him I’ve learned from colleagues who are friends and from the media. A few weeks ago I wrote about the challenges facing many assisted living companies that focused more on acquisition than on servicing the people Read on »