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After Hurricane Beryl, Texas lawmakers push for generators at senior living facilities

After failed attempts in 2021 and 2023, southeast Texas lawmakers have filed bills to require generators in nursing homes and assisted living centers.

The Texas Tribune

Lawmaker's health revives age-old debate

Rep. Kay Granger, R-Texas., has been residing in an assisted living facility for the past several months

Salon

Advocates say there aren’t enough of them in Texas long-term care facilities

Officials hope state lawmakers will boost the budget of the Long-Term Care Ombudsman office, an independent state agency, which can often be an elderly Texan’s only lifeline to the outside world.

The Texas Tribune

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Republican congresswoman living in care facility after she was found wandering ‘confused’

Kay Granger, the current congresswoman representing Tarrant County in Texas, now lives full-time at an assisted living facility

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Senior Living and Memory Care Facilities Improving, Says Survey

Here are the best senior living communities in 2024, according to a J.D. Power survey.

Kiplinger

135 Rescued From Flooded Tampa Assisted Living Facility

First responders in Tampa rescue 135 residents from flooded assisted living facility during Hurricane Milton.

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Florida hospitals and health care facilities in Hurricane Milton's path prepare for the worst

Hospitals and other health care facilities on Florida’s Gulf Coast — still reeling from Hurricane Helene — are now revving up for Hurricane Milton

The Independent UK

Mom Reading Newspaper Discovers Her Son Was Waterboarded And Sodomized At Maine Care Home: 'I Was Devastated'

A Hampden, Maine mother whose son was a victim of abuse in an assisted living facility was shocked to learned the full extent of the abuse from a local newspaper.

International Business Times

Mom Reading Newspaper at Work Discovers Her Son Was Waterboarded and Sodomized at Maine Care Home: 'I Was Devastated'

A Hampden, Maine mother whose son was a victim of abuse in an assisted living facility was shocked to learned the full extent of the abuse from a local newspaper.

Latin Times

Mother Cuts 75-year-old Son's Inheritance By $20k Over Decades-old Unpaid Debt Before Passing Away

The man lives in an assisted living facility and claims to have repaid $5,000 to his mom. He is now exploring ways to receive the entire inheritance payout, even if that means amending his mother's old tax returns.

International Business Times UK

No backup required: Texas senior care depends on luck and wits to cope with heat after power outages

There’s no Texas requirement that nursing homes and assisted living facilities keep generators on hand to power air conditioning after storms.

The Texas Tribune

"I'm just noticing my fingers are getting a little harder to keep moving a lot”: 95-year-old Las Vegas pianist announces that it’s finally time for him to retire

Don Friend played his final show at the Atria Seville Assisted Living Center earlier this week

MusicRadar

Glynis Johns, who played Mrs Banks in Mary Poppins, dies aged 100

Briths actor and star of 1964 film died at an assisted living home in Los Angeles of natural causes on Thursday

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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.

Kiplinger

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.

Chicago Sun-Times

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.

The Independent UK

Liz Weston: 5 surprising facts about assisted living

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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…

Salon

LGBTQ elders fear being re-closeted

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

The Independent UK

Suspect arrested after shooting at Michigan assisted living home

Police say threat to Saline community is over

Tribune News Service

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.

Fortune

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.

The Independent UK

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

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