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Trade-group chief Wayne admits that during the industry's boom, "many companies did not have time to focus on the infrastructure," including training of staff. But the growth, especially in big cities, happened so quickly that many facilities could not fill their beds. So companies have put on the brakes: construction is at its lowest level in five years. This has allowed facilities, says Wayne, "to focus on what's important." But the slowdown has left many assisted-living companies short of cash. And allegations of neglect have sparked a surge of liability lawsuits, driving up liability-insurance costs...
...their best hope for enhanced regulation may be Medicaid, the government assistance for poor elderly that is widely used to pay for nursing homes. Forty states now allow Medicaid to be used for assisted living, but providers have been reluctant so far to accept the money. Their need to fill beds, however, has made them more receptive--and the change has caught the eye of federal lawmakers. Last week the Senate Special Committee on Aging brought together representatives from both the industry and consumer groups and asked them to agree on ways to improve care...
...Habana Vieja, an architectural treasury of crumbling Spanish colonial mansions and palaces, is all anyone needs to fill half a day and requires only comfortable shoes and a wad of George Washingtons. While no one openly begs here and Cubans are almost universally polite, they're also hungry. If you ask directions or take a picture of an old woman in flowered headdress smoking a cigar, be prepared to fork over a dollar...
...himself was an institution, a man who acted as a champion for the young Irish working class,” says Michael Dempsey, a political science student at Suffolk University who studies Boston politics. “There is no way any of these guys running could hope to fill Moakley’s shoes...
...Maybe, just maybe, if I work from sun up till sundown, I can fill one of Joe Moakley’s shoes,” says Lynch, who recalls Moakley reminding politicians to remember “the people upstairs, downstairs and across the back fence...