Seniors For Living

The Assisted Living Federation of America recently reported that Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders introduced a bill that would both reauthorize and improve the Older Americans Act. Originally enacted in 1965, the Older Americans Act (OAA) provided federal funding to create an ...

When it comes to government and health care, it’s easy to focus on all the things that have gone wrong. But for those who haven’t reached Medicare age yet, as well as those currently relying on it for ...

Every March, the National Center for Assisted Living (NCAL) updates a document called the Assisted Living State Regulatory Review. If there have been any changes to a state’s assisted living regulations, they are recorded in this document. The 2013 edition ...

A new article from the Money section of US News & World Report holds the answer, and as with many issues related to seniors and long-term care, it’s a complicated one. In a nutshell, as Congress faces decisions about ...

Last week, guest blogger Martha Stettinius shared her opinion about the Long-Term Care Commission, a new bipartisan advisory group tasked with figuring out “how our nation can provide more affordable and accessible long-term care.” (Read the post here.)

This week, ...

Today's guest post is from Martha Stettinius, the author of the book "Inside the Dementia Epidemic: A Daughter's Memoir." Learn more about Martha below the post.

Congress has formed a new bipartisan Long-Term Care Commission to figure out how our ...

Imagine if the popular show Extreme Makeover: Home Edition renovated senior housing communities, giving them a new look and, more importantly, a financial boost? Actually, the long-term care system itself is in need of a makeover, as this recent post ...

Yes, it’s that time in Washington again. Time for the annual budget cutting and trimming that almost always includes senior living providers, investors and important community programs serving seniors. A new post from Senior Housing News affirms that 2013 is ...

Introducing the NSLTCP, short for the National Study of Long-Term Care Providers. It’s a relatively new initiative from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention committed to gathering information from the long-term care field for planning and policymaking purposes (...

Paying for prescriptions, food, and the monthly utility bills is a challenge for seniors on a fixed income. Sadly, it’s more serious than that: the National Council on Aging estimates that over 13 million older adults “live in or on ...