Sabra Health Care REIT continues to make progress on its sustainability goals
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jul 30, 2024
Sabra Health Care REIT continued to make progress meeting its e-initiative roadmap goals last year, the Irvine, CA-based real estate investment trust noted in its fourth annual sustainability report. The...
Largest affordable senior housing community built within past decade to open this fall
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jul 30, 2024
Sawyer’s Walk, the largest affordable senior housing community built in the United States, will open in Miami this fall, according to developer SG Holdings, a partnership among Swerdlow Group, SJM Partners...
$5 million grant a ‘boost in the arm’ for geriatric workforce training program
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jul 30, 2024
Delaware State University’s Geriatric Workforce Education Program has received a $5 million grant from the federal government that will be spread out over five years.
Business briefs, July 30
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jul 30, 2024
Cost of living most important issue for older adult voters … Judge blocks rule to expand the types of retirement advisers considered fiduciaries … Staff development helps combat high cost of turnover,...
Actions & Transactions, July 30
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jul 30, 2024
Orange County, FL, assisted living community re-opens almost 2 years after Hurricane Ian … MassDevelopment provides $22.2M in tax-exempt bond financing for affordable senior housing project … Aging...
Semaglutide seems beneficial for comorbid T2DM, tobacco use disorder
Jul 29, 2024
A lower risk for medical encounters for a tobacco use disorder diagnosis was seen in association with semaglutide versus other antidiabetes meds.
Women undergoing CABG more likely to get care at low-quality hospitals
Jul 29, 2024
More than fourfold higher mortality was seen for women Medicare beneficiaries receiving coronary artery bypass grafting at low-quality hospitals than male beneficiaries at high-quality hospitals.
Study looks at effects of reducing intake of processed meat, unprocessed red meat
Jul 29, 2024
A 30% reduction in processed meat intake would lead to 352,900 fewer occurrences of type 2 diabetes and 92,500 fewer occurrences of cardiovascular disease.
FDA approves another blood test for colon cancer screening
Jul 29, 2024
Currently, colonoscopy is the gold standard test for colon cancer, but adherence to it is low because it is invasive and preparation for the test is daunting.
‘Cat ladies’ and other childless people present an opportunity for senior living
By
Lois A. Bowers
Jul 29, 2024
Just as “childless cat ladies” are in the news, the Pew Research Center has released a new study delving into the reasons some people do not have children, as well as how those decisions have...