Robin Mitchell, senior vice president and chief nursing officer at Diversicare Health Services in Nashville, TN, is a Hall of Honor inductee in the 2024 McKnight’s Women of Distinction awards program.
US spends ‘significantly less’ on long-term care than other countries
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Aug 06, 2024
The United States spends “significantly less” on long-term care than other countries despite spending “significantly more” on healthcare overall, according to a brief published Friday by the Peterson-KFF...
Aspire Health Group, Rasmussen University agreement aims to address worker retention, caregiver shortage
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Aug 06, 2024
Skilled nursing provider Aspire Health Group of Florida is the most recent healthcare organization to partner with Rasmussen University to help train future nurses and other caregivers to boost the long-term...
Families headed by someone at or near retirement have more debt than in decades past
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Aug 06, 2024
American families headed by someone just reaching retirement or newly retired are more likely to have debt than similar households in the 1990s. And that debt is a higher amount than debt carried by those...
Business briefs, Aug. 6
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Aug 06, 2024
Civitas Senior Living celebrates 12-year anniversary … BrightSpring reports robust Q2 earnings as organic growth strategies pay off … Second random selection from previously submitted registrations...
Actions & Transactions, Aug. 6
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Aug 06, 2024
Capital Funding Group closes bridge loans totaling $23.45M for senior living properties in Michigan, Florida … LRT raises almost $17M from investors for ground lease to build senior living community...
Estimated U.S. annual cost of initial cancer screening $43 billion in 2021
Aug 05, 2024
The major drivers of the total estimated costs of screening were the amounts paid to the facilities where the testing occurred.
Discordant pneumonia diagnosis from presentation to discharge common
Aug 05, 2024
More than half of the patients hospitalized and treated for pneumonia had discordant diagnoses from initial presentation to discharge.
Follow-up has improved for AMI, Heart failure hospitalization
Aug 05, 2024
Disparities still persist in follow-up rates, with the largest disparities seen between Black and white patients and Medicaid dual- versus non-dual-eligible.
Potentially hepatotoxic botanicals frequently used in United States
Aug 05, 2024
Consumers of these botanicals were significantly older than non-herbal and dietary supplement users, and they had a higher education level and were more likely to have arthritis.