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U.S. News & World Report has recognized Garden Spot Village as the 2024 “Best” Independent Living, Personal Care, Memory Care, and Continuing Care Retirement Community.

Garry Pezzano, President and CEO of LeadingAge PA, underscores a troubling trend in Pennsylvania's aging services sector, where providers face closure or sale due to Medicaid underfunding, COVID-19's lasting effects, and workforce shortages.

Affinity Health Services, a consulting and management company specializing in administrative solutions for senior living communities, has unveiled a refreshed company logo. The Company provides comprehensive management services for ten senior communities, while its consulting division touches over a hundred providers.

FREDERICK, MD ¾ Asbury Foundation has launched one of the largest philanthropic campaigns in senior living history. Called Everyday Exceptional, this $60 million campaign celebrated its first Kick-Off Event on March 6 at Asbury Methodist Village, located in Gaithersburg, Md.

Sharon Eyster, Chief Operating Officer/Vice President of Operations, for United Church of Christ Homes, Camp Hill, PA, has been inducted into the Hall of Honor in the McKnight’s Women of Distinction awards, a joint program of McKnight’s Long-Term Care News, McKnight’s Senior Living and McKnight’s Home Care.

LeadingAge PA President and CEO Garry Pezzano today issued the following statement on Gov. Josh Shapiro’s 2023-24 budget proposal.

(Newtown Square, Pa.) — The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) awarded White Horse Village a five-star rating for outstanding care and service. CMS created the Five-Star Quality Rating System—recognized as the gold standard in quality and safety rankings—in 2008 to help consumers, families and caregivers compare nursing homes. The five-star rating is the highest possible rating.

From LeadingAge PA sponsor, Paymerang: Within the accounts payable department lies a hidden gem that can revolutionize how CFOs manage their biggest challenges: invoice-to-pay automation.

The first ever Newsweek/Statista list of the 250 best CCRCs in the country has been released. Landis Homes in Lititz, PA is ranked #9 in the nation for 2024.

(Newtown Square, Pa.) — White Horse Village announces the appointment of Michael Shaw as the new President & CEO, effective December 1, 2023.

The final Minimum Data Set (MDS) 3.0 Item Sets version (v)1.18.11 have been updated and are now available in the Downloads section on the Minimum Data Set (MDS) 3.0 Resident Assessment Instrument (RAI) Manual page. Changes in this version (listed below) align the item sets with the Errata V3.01.3 for MDS Data Specifications V3.01.1 (FINAL) posted September 21, 2023, on the Minimum Data Set (MDS) 3.0 Technical Information page. For a full list of changes to the final posted item sets since v1, see the Item Set Change Table Supplement that accompanies the posting. The MDS Item Sets v1.18.11 were effective beginning October 01, 2023.