New group will advocate for dually eligible nursing home residents, other beneficiaries
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Feb 22, 2024
A newly formed alliance of healthcare and consumer organizations has formed to advance the integration of Medicare and Medicaid for dually eligible nursing home residents and other older adults.
Business briefs, Feb. 22
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Feb 22, 2024
Healthpeak Properties merger with Physicians Realty Trust approved via votes … Long-term care groups demand more ACO inclusion, incentives from feds … Trualta adds PointClickCare’s EHR platform to...
Actions & Transactions, Feb. 22
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Feb 22, 2024
Lument closes $27M placement for Mission Senior Living … Fairfax County, VA, Board of Supervisors approves $9.7M loan for Wesley Housing’s affordable senior housing development … Blueprint brokers...
Timing of CSF biomarker divergence for Alzheimer’s disease, normal cognition varies
Feb 21, 2024
Estimated times of divergence of cerebrospinal fluid biomarkers vary from 18 years for Aβ42 to six years for cognitive decline.
UPDATED: Healthpeak Properties merger with Physicians Realty Trust approved via votes
By
Lois A. Bowers
Feb 21, 2024
The merger of Healthpeak Properties, with a portfolio that includes 15 continuing care retirement communities, and Physicians Realty Trust has been approved by the companies’ respective stockholders...
Position statement addresses optimal management of diabetes
Feb 21, 2024
Tools available to help healthcare providers include guided communication styles and clinical screening tools for psychosocial conditions.
Dietary thiamine has J-shaped association with cognitive decline
Feb 21, 2024
An inflection point of 0.68 mg/day was noted among cognitively healthy older Chinese individuals.
Novel protocol can help to rapidly diagnose eye stroke
Feb 21, 2024
Significant improvement in mean visual acuity was seen within 24 hours of treatment; clinically significant improvement occurred in 66%.
Review: Exercise is effective treatment for depression
Feb 21, 2024
Moderate reductions in depression were seen for walking or jogging, yoga, strength training, mixed aerobic exercises, tai chi or qigong.
Incidence of fatigue, chronic fatigue increased significantly after COVID-19 infection
Feb 21, 2024
An increased risk was seen for fatigue and chronic fatigue, with hazard ratios of 1.68 and 4.32 compared with non-COVID-19 controls.