‘Remarkable year’ so far for Capital Funding Group includes $440 million in deal closings
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Aug 13, 2024
Capital Funding Group closed more $440 million in healthcare bridge loans, HUD loans and other deals in the first half of the year, including millions in senior living and care transactions, the company...
Confidence, savvy about retirement savings a ‘promising sign’
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Aug 13, 2024
With inflation slowly easing, workers are more confident in their ability to reach financial goals in retirement than they were a year ago, according to the results of a survey recently released by Charles...
Business briefs, Aug. 13
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Aug 13, 2024
Confidence in the market for new multifamily housing declined year over year: survey … Home ownership among older adults decreases slightly … OSHA kicks off Safe and Sound Week … 2 SNFs earn AHCA...
Prevalence of homebound 22 percent in national Medicare Advantage plan
Aug 12, 2024
Homebound status linked to increased odds of ED visit, inpatient admission, skilled nursing-facility admission, mortality
Risks for mortality, adverse heart, kidney events lower with tirzepatide for T2DM
Aug 12, 2024
The risks for all-cause mortality, adverse cardiovascular events, acute kidney injury and adverse kidney events were lower versus GLP-1 RA.
Substantial disparities seen in cancer cases, deaths among men
Aug 12, 2024
Cancer deaths are projected to almost double by 2050, with more than two-fold increase for older men and low- and medium Human Development Index countries.
Commonly prescribed antibiotics linked to cutaneous adverse drug reactions
Aug 12, 2024
Sulfonamide antibiotics and cephalosporins are most strongly associated with serious cADRs relative to macrolides.
Age bias declines in the workplace, but work remains
By
Lois A. Bowers
Aug 12, 2024
Fewer Americans aged 50 or more years believe that “age bias is a fact of life in the workplace” compared with 15 years ago, according to the results of a recent survey. But that doesn’t mean...
Alzheimer’s prognosis models should expand data sources
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Kristen Fischer
Aug 12, 2024
Integrating data from nursing home electronic health records (EHRs) and claims in addition to the minimum data set (MDS) — data required for nursing home residents — could be better than just relying...
Brookdale Senior Living continues pandemic recovery with occupancy, labor improvements
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Aug 12, 2024
Brookdale Senior Living’s continued COVID-19 pandemic recovery in the second quarter was highlighted by occupancy gains, improvements in leadership retention and associate turnover, and the implementation...