The American Seniors Housing Association traces its roots back to the early days of the senior living industry, beginning in 1991 under the auspices of the National Multifamily Housing Council. In 2000, as the senior living industry continued to grow, the group became a separate, independent association. David Schless, ASHA’s president, has led the organization every step of the way for the past 30 years.
Welltower, which consistently earns spots at the top of the American Seniors Housing Association’s ASHA 50 ranking of largest senior living owners and Argentum’s list of biggest REITs, has displayed innovative thinking under Thomas “Tom” DeRosa, who has been CEO since April 2014.
With a background including leadership roles at the National Restaurant Association and America’s Health Insurance Plans, James Balda may not have been the most obvious choice to lead an association representing operators of independent living, assisted living, memory care and continuing care retirement communities.
A COVID test-based return-to-work strategy no longer is recommended for healthcare professionals in most cases under updated criteria released this week by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Use of the nonpharmacologic Music and Memory program was associated with reductions in psychotropic medications, reduced behaviors, improved mood, less pain and fewer falls in nursing home residents with dementia in the largest study of the program to date, published in the August issue of JAMDA.
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Researchers from the University of Florida say they have proven that floating respiratory droplets contain live coronavirus.
Nursing home residents undergoing dialysis might be at a higher risk for infection by SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, because of exposures to staff members and community dialysis patients, according to a new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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Over the past two decades, Beth Burnham Mace’s work has helped turn the senior housing and care sector into a mainstream institutional investment asset class by increasing transparency to a wide range of investors and capital providers.
