Welltower, Johns Hopkins Unveil Assisted Living Quality Framework

Welltower recently released the results the results of a study conducted by Johns Hopkins Medicine (JHM) for the health care real estate investment trust (REIT). The findings of the National Assisted Living Quality report are anticipated to help establish and guide best practices for assisted living and memory care communities.

The new best practices would be of timely significance, as the quality of assisted living services have recently come under under scrutiny. The scrutiny is particularly due to a Government Accountability Office (GAO) this year that identified quality concerns in relation to the settings in which Medicaid-reimbursed assisted living . . .