McKnight’s Senior Living March 20, 2025
There’s been a significant increase in the number of older Americans who abuse alcohol and pharmaceuticals. It has become a growing and under-managed risk for all segments of senior care, and one that providers in senior living communities and care facilities must start addressing now.
When abuse issues among a senior living community’s residents go undetected and unaddressed, the operator can be subject to litigation and liable for failing to meet federal standard-of care requirements. But there are other issues when at-risk residents slip through the cracks: consider the longer-term cost implications when drug or alcohol abuse aggravates the effects of age or the co-occurring illnesses that accompany it.
Here is what senior living operators need to know about the...
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