long term care industry News

Senior Care Facilities and Their Insurers Try to Keep Up with Aging America’s Falls

Last March, a 103-year-old resident of a Sunrise Senior Living facility in Willowbrook, Illinois, went on a field trip to the movies. Ruth Smith, who used a walker, fell down two concrete steps in the theater and died about six …

Kentucky Governor Orders Nursing Homes to Perform National Background Checks

Kentucky Gov. Steve Beshear has ordered nursing homes and other health care providers to run national background checks on all new employees or risk losing their license to operate in the state. Beshear signed the emergency regulation on Nov. 20. …

Glatfelter Launches Risk Management Tool for Long Term Care Facilities

Glatfelter Healthcare Practice, an insurance program serving senior living facilities, home health care and other private homecare agencies, and VorroHealth, a provider of clinical, AR/billing and interoperable technology for healthcare, have released ACTUM, a fully integrated offering to complement VorroHealth’s …

Senior Market Presents Opportunities for Young Agent Specialists

The graying of America could be a great opportunity for young entrepreneurs, including young insurance producers. As the nation’s population continues to gray, the people who work in the many businesses and organizations that serve seniors are themselves getting older …