From Around the Web (August 21, 2026 Edition)
Senior Living & Housing
- Senior Living Deals & Development Activity: August 21 — McKnight’s Senior Living
- Medicare Advantage Contracting and New Partnerships Lead Senior Living Business News — McKnight’s Senior Living
- Pay and Poor Managers Remain Senior Living’s Biggest Turnover Drivers — Senior Housing News
- Senior Living’s New Problem: What Happens When Occupancy Gets Too High? — Senior Housing News
- Residents Push Senior Living Dining Toward More Choice and Flexibility — Senior Housing News
- Senior Living Dealbook: Florida Sale and Kansas Refinancing — Senior Housing News
- Active Adult Operators Experiment as Demand Accelerates 🔒 — Senior Housing News
- American Healthcare REIT to Buy Eight Kensington Communities for $873 Million — Senior Housing News
- Half of Major Senior Housing Markets Now Top 90% Occupancy — NIC
Healthcare Continuum
- CMS Hospice Payment Suspensions Are Hitting Pharmacies and Vendors Hard — Hospice News
- A Hug Away Healthcare Launches Hospice and Home Care Franchise Strategy — Hospice News
- New Research Examines Cognitive Impairment and Healthy Aging — McKnight’s Long-Term Care News
- Court Upholds Minnesota Nursing Home Workforce Standards Board — McKnight’s Long-Term Care News
- Chapters Health and Preferred Care Form Hospice Joint Venture — Hospice News
- Treasure Coast Hospice Streamlines Referral Management — Hospice News
- Compassus CMO Says Hospice Conversations Need to Start Earlier — Hospice News
- Home Health Bill Reveals Washington’s Mix of Support and Scrutiny — Home Health Care News
- DOJ Makes Home Health and Hospice Top Fraud-Enforcement Priorities — Home Health Care News
Wellness, Longevity & Lifestyle
- Here’s How Much Couples Need to Retire Early in Every State — Investopedia
- Flat-Dollar Social Security COLAs Could Erode Retirees’ Buying Power — AARP Public Policy Institute
- What It’s Like to Be the Oldest Person in Your Workplace Friend Group — AARP
- A Dementia Diagnosis Should Trigger Financial and Estate Planning 🔒 — MarketWatch
- Americans Plan to Retire at 65 — but Often Leave Work at 62 — Investopedia
- 63 Million Americans Are Now Family Caregivers — AARP Public Policy Institute
- Solo Agers Need a Different Retirement Playbook — Kiplinger
- How Families Can Prepare to Pay for Long-Term Care — Kiplinger
- College Students Move Into Retirement Communities — and Both Generations Benefit 🔒 — MarketWatch
Policy, Workforce & Leadership
- KFF Updates the State-by-State Medicaid Expansion Landscape — KFF
- Insurers Denied at Least One in Eight Standard Prior-Authorization Requests — KFF
- CMS Finalizes 2.4% Medicare Payment Increase for Skilled Nursing — CMS
- CMS Risk-Based Nursing Home Surveys Begin Nationwide in September — CMS
- Federal Fraud Crackdown Expands Across Aging Services — LeadingAge
- Medicare Advantage Now Covers 55% of Eligible Beneficiaries — KFF
- KFF Tracks Shifts in Medicaid and CHIP Enrollment — KFF
- CMS Tightens Oversight of Medicaid State-Directed Payments — CMS
- Aging Services Workforce Shortages Will Require “100 Different Solutions” — LeadingAge