Family caregivers face financial balancing act between work, home responsibilities: survey
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
May 17, 2024
Family caregivers face unique challenges, such as balancing work responsibilities with caregiving duties.
Business briefs, May 17
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
May 17, 2024
Improving staff experience key to long-term care staff retention efforts … Recruiting, retention strategies shared by McKnight’s Women of Distinction … FDA recalls software on ventilator that ‘may...
Actions & Transactions, May 17
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
May 17, 2024
Capital Funding Group closes $36.2M in Bridge-to-HUD refinancing for 5 North Carolina SNFs … Belmont Village, Greystar plan active adult community in Rancho Santa Fe, CA … Blueprint negotiates sale...
Semaglutide reduces need for diuretics in heart failure
May 16, 2024
Medication also has a beneficial effect on the change in body weight across diuretic use categories.
Oldest adults with acute myeloid leukemia benefit from Venetoclax
May 16, 2024
Octogenarians and nonagenarians can be treated successfully with VEN-HMA.
EHR tool boosts geriatric assessments, trial finds
By
Kristen Fischer
May 16, 2024
A team of scientists integrated a tool into an EHR platform and it improved geriatric assessments and clinician knowledge.
Harnessing analytics to optimize staff efficiency and reduce burnout in senior living
By
Kunaal Goel
May 16, 2024
it is important to use technology to optimize staff efficiency and avoid staff burnout, especially as we consider the incoming demographic changes with the baby boomer generation aging into senior living...
Recruiting, retention strategies shared by McKnight’s Women of Distinction
By
Foster Stubbs
Adam Healy
May 16, 2024
Five current or previous McKnight’s Women of Distinction honorees shared recruiting and retention strategies in a panel discussion Tuesday.
DOJ: People with serious mental illness unnecessarily segregated in assisted living communities
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
May 16, 2024
Nebraska is “unnecessarily” segregating people who have serious mental illness in assisted living communities and day programs, violating federal disability laws, according to the Justice Department.
Hurricane evacuations of assisted living residents raise risk of adverse outcomes
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
May 16, 2024
A study of more than 25,000 assisted living residents in Florida found that evacuation was associated with increased odds of emergency department use and nursing home placement within 30 days of a hurricane.