Bill would expand residency eligibility in state veterans’ homes to servicepeople’s spouses, parents
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jan 31, 2024
A proposed bill in Florida would expand eligibility for residency at state-run veterans’ homes to include spouses or surviving spouses of qualifying veterans as well as the parents of children who died...
Residents sing, sketch to good health
By
Foster Stubbs
Jan 31, 2024
Creativity is not just encouraged at Kempton of Charleston; it is part of the routine. Read more, and learn how to submit your photos!
Bipartisan bill would make employer tax credit for paid leave permanent
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jan 31, 2024
The employer tax credit for paid family and medical leave would be made permanent under legislation introduced this week by US Sens. Deb Fischer (R-NE) and Angus King (I-ME).
EEOC launches new effort to reach workers in rural and underserved areas
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jan 31, 2024
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission on Monday launched the REACH initiative, a new, multi-year effort aimed at broadening the agency’s outreach to workers in rural and underserved communities.
Older women workers face significant financial hurdles: report
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jan 31, 2024
Women aged 55 or more years face significant financial hurdles, according to a recent report from the Center for American Progress.
Business briefs, Jan. 31
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jan 31, 2024
Bill would expand residency eligibility in state veterans’ homes to service people’s spouses, parents … HCBS access rule heads to final review amid senior living industry concerns … Independent...
Actions & Transactions, Jan. 31
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jan 31, 2024
Sagora Senior Living welcomes Florida community to portfolio … Health Dimensions Group opens first senior living community in Maumelle, AR … Blueprint facilitates sale of Dayton, OH, SNF
Strategies needed to improve delivery of Alzheimer’s disease-modifying therapies
Jan 30, 2024
Models that enable primary care practitioners to diagnose disease and evaluate patients for treatment eligibility would have biggest effect on wait times, the study found.
Omnicare notifying workers of layoffs this week
By
Lois A. Bowers
Jan 30, 2024
Cincinnati-based long-term care pharmacy provider Omnicare is announcing layoffs this week as a result of a review of operations “and other market dynamics,” a company representative told McKnight’s...
Seniors feeling their OATS with tech education programs
By
Aaron Dorman
Jan 30, 2024
Two recent senior literacy programs include an “appy hour” in the Hastings, NE, library, and a new AARP OATS program in Colorado Springs.