Portable, low-cost eye scanner $20 million closer to coming to you
By
Aaron Dorman
Mar 22, 2024
Eye scanner developers recently received $20 million to produce a low-cost, easy-to-use method to detect and preempt vision loss.
2nd annual McKnight’s Pinnacle Awards honor veteran leaders at their peak
By
Kimberly Marselas
Mar 22, 2024
A sold-out crowd celebrated the second class of McKnight’s Pinnacle Awards winners Thursday night at an event that combined networking with appreciation for some of the aging services sector’s most-dedicated...
As one bill targeting transparency in assisted living dies, another rises
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Mar 22, 2024
A proposed change in Arizona state law targeting transparency in assisted living communities has died after a Senate committee failed to take up the bill. But another bill with many of the same components...
NAHB bestows Best of 55+ Housing Awards for 2024
By
Lois A. Bowers
Mar 22, 2024
Independent living, assisted living and memory care communities were among the 55+ housing types recognized Feb. 27 in Las Vegas, as the winners of the National Association of Home Builders’ 2024 Best...
40 percent in study of workplace-insured Americans delay care due to cost
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Mar 22, 2024
Forty percent of workplace-insured Americans often delay seeing a physician due to the cost, according to a recent study by Nonfiction Research and commissioned by Paytient, a Columbia, MO-based provider...
Initial filings for unemployment insurance dip again week over week
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Mar 22, 2024
Applications for unemployment benefits dipped slightly for the week ending March 16, according to data released Thursday by the Department of Labor’s Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Legislation would change Social Security benefit calculations
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Mar 22, 2024
Legislation introduced Thursday in the Senate would boost Social Security benefits for older adults by changing the way cost of living increases are calculated, but the bill’s chances of becoming law...
Business briefs, March 22
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Mar 22, 2024
Interest rate cuts on the horizon … ‘Landmark legislation’ aims to streamline, coordinate care for 12 million dually eligible individuals … Provider sues agency for routine overbilling, unscrupulous...
Life expectancy increased from 2021 to reach 77.5 years in 2022
Mar 21, 2024
A second study shows that the age-adjusted rate of drug overdose deaths increased from 2002 to 2022, but it did not change from 2021 to 2022.
Are seniors and their caregivers going to get a COVID booster? This AI tool already knows.
By
Aaron Dorman
Mar 21, 2024
A new tool uses AI to evaluate how likely an individual is to get a COVID booster shot based on demographic characteristics.