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Millennials could soon see their parents become their biggest expense–and American families are woefully unprepared

Three out of four middle-income older Americans won’t have enough to pay for assisted living services without selling their homes within a decade.

Fortune

Senior Living Costs Spike, But What About the Value?

New study reveals that senior living facilities have rebounded from their pandemic staffing struggles but instead battle with matching added value to increased prices.

Kiplinger

Assisted living homes’ added fees are driving up consumer costs

These highly profitable facilities often charge $5,000 a month or more and then layer on fees at every step.

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Aardratheeram, an initiative of Kollam district panchayat in Kerala that offers assisted living facilities to autistic adults and their parents

Raising a child with special needs is not an easy task as the parents brave high levels of stress, risk of depression and anticipatory anxiety. Often, the biggest concern is ensuring the child’s welfare if the parent dies or becomes incapacitated, and not all families can afford to place them…

The Hindu

LGBTQ elders fear being re-closeted

Just 18% of long-term care communities have policies to protect residents based on their sexual orientation

Salon

Suspect arrested after shooting at Michigan assisted living home

Police say threat to Saline community is over

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A plan to cut Montana’s Medicaid waiting list was met with bipartisan cheers. Then a veto

Montana state Sen. Becky Beard thought she’d found a fix for a shortage of assisted living care options for Montanans who can’t afford to pay for it themselves — a shortage she became aware of while searching for a suitable place for her mother to live.

Tribune News Service

Does Medicare pay for assisted living? Understand what's covered and your other options

Medicare covers the medical services that people in assisted living need, but does not pay for housing, room, food or other fees.

Fortune

What if you can’t afford long-term care?

As many as 8 in 10 older Americans couldn’t afford more than four years in an assisted living facility or two years in a nursing home, according to a recent analysis

The Independent UK

In Kerala, an aging trend bucks India's booming population

In the past 60 years, the percentage of people age 60 and over in India's Kerala state has shot up from 5.1% to 16.5% — the highest proportion in any state

The Independent UK

Large fire sees 17 evacuated from assisted living facility

The fire impacted rush hour traffic on the A40

Evening Standard

‘I couldn’t read or write until I was 18 - now I’m Cambridge University's youngest Black professor’

Jason was told by therapists he would spend his adult life in an assisted living facility

Manchester Evening News

Care home cleared after pictures of beds covered in faeces and urine emerge

Manchester council concluded there was no evidence of neglect or abuse found at the Homeleigh assisted living facility in Crumpsall

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Los Angeles Times

Tom Girardi’s dementia diagnosis likely to be battleground in criminal case

LOS ANGELES — Tom Girardi is expected to wake Monday morning in the memory care unit of an Orange County assisted living facility. After breakfast and the medications he has been prescribed for dementia and other ailments, the 83-year-old is to be driven to a downtown Los Angeles courthouse.

ABC News

Queensland pilot brings artificial intelligence to people in assisted living

The AI "care bots" can detect health hazards, and let people who are unable to speak or move freely to communicate what they need.

Tribune News Service

Assisted living facilities pressed to address growing needs of older, sicker residents

Assisted living communities too often fail to meet the needs of older adults and should focus more on residents’ medical and mental health concerns, according to a recent report by a diverse panel of experts.

Tribune News Service

Rural Colorado tries to fill health worker gaps with apprenticeships

GRAND JUNCTION, Colorado — During her 12-hour overnight shift, Brianna Shelton helps residents at BeeHive Homes Assisted Living go to the bathroom. Many of them have dementia, and some can’t get out of bed on their own. Only a few can remember her name, but that doesn’t matter to her.

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Chicago Sun-Times

South Side woman bilked out of $400,000 by financial adviser who used money to fund her film production company, lawsuit claims

“She moves into assisted living, and all of the sudden large checks start getting made payable to Canal Productions, checks running as high as $75,000,” said Cook County Public Guardian Charles Golbert.

Chicago Sun-Times

Dear Abby: Elderly man’s daughters upset as he befriends my widowed mom

Relationship between the two assisted living residents seems to bring comfort to both of them, but it troubles the man’s adult children.

WEKU

More older Americans become homeless as inflation rises and housing costs spike

In Montana and across the nation, homeless shelters report the worrisome trend that seniors are a growing proportion of their residents.

Nottingham Post

New 'village' for the elderly planned next to Nottingham City Airport

A Second World War hangar was demolished ahead of the plan

The Independent UK

Woman arrested on suspicion of murder after death of elderly man

Police received a report of the death of an 88-year-old man at an assisted living complex in Banbury, Oxfordshire, on Monday night.

Orlando Sentinel

Flooding, power outages plague central Florida senior facilities after Hurricane Ian

ORLANDO, Fla. — When family members went to check on their loved ones at an assisted living facility called Grand Villa of Altamonte Springs last weekend, they were shocked to find their relatives’ rooms lacked power and air conditioning.

Daily Mirror

Virginia Patton dead: It's A Wonderful Life actress dies as co-star pays tribute

Virginia Patton, the last surviving adult star from It's A Wonderful Life, has died at the age of 97 at an assisted living facility in Georgia

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