House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Friday panned a Medicare for All proposal being forwarded by a number of Democrats currently running for president. Her implicit suggestion to fellow Democrats: Stick with...
Audit finds volunteer long-term care ombudsman program lacking
By
Lois A. Bowers
Oct 15, 2019
Only approximately 600 of the roughly 1,500 assisted living communities and skilled nursing facilities in New York had an assigned volunteer ombudsman as of January, according to an audit recently released...
Thickness of GCIPL, INL of retina reduced in Parkinson’s disease
Aug 24, 2023
“While we are not yet ready to predict whether an individual will develop Parkinson’s, we hope that this method could soon become a pre-screening tool for people at risk of disease,”...
‘Loophole’ leaves Colorado assisted living facilities unregulated
By
Emily Mongan
Jul 22, 2015
A gap in Colorado’s assisted living regulations could be leaving smaller senior care facilities unregulated and uninspected, according to a report from The Coloradoan.
Court denies senior living provider’s effort to withhold privileged safety records, citing dual uses
By
Kimberly Marselas
Aug 08, 2024
Internal investigative documents that senior living and care providers use to help them learn from errors and accidents can’t be held back from trial attorneys if those documents also are used for other...
Seniors had high burden of RSV-positive respiratory infection before COVID-19
Jan 23, 2023
Following a sharp decline during COVID-19, RSV-positive acute respiratory infection re-emerged during the summer of 2021 and is linked to lower quality of life.
Environmental, social and governance investing is drawing criticism on several fronts. Investors are especially questioning the “environmental” part, experts say. Moreover, companies are facing criticisms...
Increase in blood pressure at night ups risk for death in diabetes patients
Sep 30, 2021
Relative to those with a dip in nighttime systolic blood pressure, nondippers and reverse dippers have higher a prevalence of cardiac autonomic neuropathy.
More challenges ahead for senior living and care investors in 2023, experts say
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Dec 14, 2022
Investing in senior living and care in 2023 is going to be more difficult than it was in 2022, experts said Tuesday during a session of the 2022 What’s Next Longevity Innovation Summit, a hybrid...
Heart failure mortality lower with healthier food environment
Oct 25, 2022
A lower county food insecurity percentage and a higher county food environment index were linked to a lower heart failure mortality rate.