Senior living providers embrace role in CMS dementia care pilot program
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jul 11, 2024
Senior living providers named participants in the federal government’s new dementia care pilot program said they are excited to be part of a new effort to support people living with dementia and their...
More news for Thursday, July 11
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jul 11, 2024
Report looks at what happens to older adults facing the “Medicare cliff” … Virtual tour launches to provide experience in dementia-like symptoms … 3 Life Care Services communities recognized by...
More than half of healthcare workers report stress over state of finances
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jul 11, 2024
These are challenging times for healthcare workers, with more than half (57%) of them experiencing stress over the state of their finances. That’s according to new research from the Harris Poll and on-demand...
Report: Most federally funded clinical trials for dementia have racially excluding criteria
By
Kristen Fischer
Jul 10, 2024
A team of investigators looked at possible dementia clinical trial requirements that could exclude people based on race and ethnicity. Overall, 82% of the trials they examined had criteria that weren’t...
Assisted living managers in CCRCs see 4.64 percent salary bump: report
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jul 10, 2024
Assisted living/personal care managers in continuing care retirement / life plan communities received an average 4.64% bump in salary and an average 6.21% bonus over the previous year’s levels, according...
Assisted living rises to top of LTSS continuum with its lower cost, higher workforce levels
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jul 10, 2024
Although the long-term services and supports sector faces several challenges to meet the needs of a rapidly increasing older adult population, assisted living’s low cost and gains in workforce levels...
State dementia oversight efforts must include representatives from entire long-term care continuum, experts...
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jul 10, 2024
The potential creation of a permanent state division and advisory committee dedicated to Alzheimer’s disease and related disorders has won praise from Pennsylvania’s senior living industry advocates,...
Gender wage gap widens with age
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jul 10, 2024
“Older women workers — who comprise 47% of the labor force ages 55 and older — are plagued by a gender wage gap that is even larger than the one their younger counterparts experience,” according...
Workforce recruitment a big part of changing the senior living narrative
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jul 09, 2024
Potential employees’ perceptions of the aging services field and how best to talk to them about jobs in the sector is part of an expansion of a LeadingAge initiative.
New laws increase public awareness, funding for dementia initiatives
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jul 09, 2024
Increasing public awareness of Alzheimer’s and other forms of dementia, along with increasing services for people with diagnoses and their caregivers, are front and center in recent state initiatives...