Immigration reform needed to beef up care workforce: LeadingAge
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Sep 12, 2024
Immigration reform is needed to bring more foreign-born care workers to the United States, legally, to help resolve long-standing workforce shortages, according to a report published Wednesday by LeadingAge.
Brookdale Senior Living occupancy reaches new high since start of recovery
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Sep 12, 2024
Brookdale Senior Living announced Tuesday that average weighted occupancy for August increased 30 basis points sequentially to 78.9%. That’s a new high since the post-pandemic recovery began in March...
Lorien Health Services holds ‘Signing Day’ to help build pipeline of nursing assistants
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Sep 12, 2024
Signing Day isn’t an event solely for student athletes to showcase their college commitment, at least in one Maryland school district.
Business briefs, Sept. 12
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Sep 12, 2024
NCAL, Bickford, Maplewood execs discuss hot topics in assisted living … University-based retirement communities create innovation, opportunities for all involved … CFPB, AARP, FDIC to jointly host...
Actions & Transactions, Sept. 12
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Sep 12, 2024
WinnCos. breaks ground on $51 million age-restricted community in Worcester, MA … ESI arranges sale of Somerset, PA, CCRC … Evergreen Real Estate Group assumes management of affordable senior housing...
Upper GI mucosal damage tied to later Parkinson’s disease diagnosis
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Haymarket Media
Sep 11, 2024
The authors say that increased vigilance is warranted for patients with mucosal damage.
Many women continue using menopausal hormone therapy beyond age 65 years
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Haymarket Media
Sep 11, 2024
The study shows some postmenopausal women have valid reasons to keep taking hormones.
Vision impairment contributes to dementia risk
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Haymarket Media
Sep 11, 2024
Population-level dementia-attributable fractions from at least one visual impairment were highest among subpopulations of participants aged 71 to 79 years, female individuals and non-Hispanic white individuals,...
Protecting senior living residents from respiratory viruses means educating the community around them
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Sep 11, 2024
When it comes to increasing vaccination rates against respiratory viruses, it’s not only important to educate senior living residents about the value of vaccines; it’s also important to educate their...
Falls, tripping responsible for most worker injuries in assisted living, CCRCs
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Sep 11, 2024
Most severe injuries occurring among workers in assisted living communities and continuing care retirement communities from 2015 to 2023 were due to falls and tripping, according to data in a new online...