Wearing face mask reduces risk for symptoms of respiratory infection
Jul 31, 2024
Wearing surgical face mask in public over 14 days reduces risk for self-reported symptoms consistent with respiratory infection
Amyloid probability score 2 has high diagnostic accuracy for Alzheimer’s disease
Jul 31, 2024
The diagnostic accuracy 73% for dementia specialists compared with 91% using the APS2.
Incoming AHCA/NCAL CEO Clif Porter on the presidential election, long-term care’s ‘extremely...
Jul 31, 2024
Incoming AHCA/NCAL President and CEO Clif Porter opens up about his unique leadership style, caring for his mother and, among many other vital topics, how he expects the US presidential election will unfold...
Staff development helps combat high cost of turnover
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jul 30, 2024
Although workforce challenges in senior living abound — including the high cost of turnover — there are “bright spots illuminating a path forward,” according to the findings of a new workforce...
Lutheran Senior Services opens Netherlands-inspired dementia village, with more on the way
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jul 30, 2024
Inspired by a dementia village model in the Netherlands, a US senior living operator is opening a new memory care neighborhood concept in two of its communities to provide a “safe and immersive” experience...
Citizenship assistance program helps senior living operator stand out from the competition
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jul 30, 2024
A resident-inspired program that helps senior living staff members achieve US citizenship became so much more for one organization, which shared its success in the hopes of inspiring other communities...
New bill targeting private equity, REIT transparency muddies waters for assisted living
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jul 29, 2024
An updated version of a bill targeting transparency for private equity firms has removed assisted living from the mix of covered entities, but a tax code definition covering real estate investment trusts...
Clif Porter sees ‘huge’ opportunities and ‘some level of trepidation’ for assisted living as...
By
Lois A. Bowers
Jul 29, 2024
As Clif Porter prepares to become the next president and CEO of the American Health Care Association/National Center for Assisted Living, he sees good things ahead for assisted living providers, but he...
NLRB issues new rule regarding workers’ union representation decisions
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jul 29, 2024
The National Labor Relations Board on Friday issued a final rule that it said restores and protects workers’ decisions regarding whether they want to be represented by a union in the workplace.
Educational, medical debt high among nursing home, home health workers: study
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jul 29, 2024
Healthcare workers may carry higher educational and medical debt than workers in other professions, and nursing home and home health workers are among those with the highest debt, according to a study...