A simple goal: Make work less grueling for home health aides
By
John O'Connor
Sep 14, 2020
The work performed by home health aides can be exhausting and overwhelming. Cornell University researchers hope to provide relief in both areas.
More news for Friday, July 22
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jul 22, 2022
New division within HHS will lead pandemic response … $250,000 Alzheimer’s Foundation grant will fund research into potential new medications … TX providers encouraged to update emergency plans amid...
More news for Wednesday, Feb. 9
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Feb 09, 2022
Vita Senior Living wades into industry through select acquisitions … PHI launches institute to address direct care workforce inequities … New bill transfers block grant funding for HUD resident services...
More news for Thursday, Nov. 14
Nov 14, 2019
Dec. 5 is deadline to comment on Labor Department’s proposed fluctuating workweek method of computing overtime … Citing eagerness from states, CMS announces plans to issue guidance on Medicaid block...
Actions & Transactions, March 8
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Mar 08, 2022
Mercantile Bank of Michigan assists Samaritas Affordable Living in securing $1M in grant funds …JLL Capital Markets arranges acquisition, capital improvement financing for 15 properties across 6 states...
Home Care briefs for Friday, March 26
By
Joe Jancsurak
Mar 26, 2021
Home care workers in 16 cities Thursday demand Biden invest $450B in caregiving … Novus Hospice CEO pleads guilty to healthcare fraud … University of Cincinnati researchers invent telehealth...
More news for Tuesday, Feb. 7
Feb 06, 2017
Search for Alzheimer’s drugs is more urgent than ever … How would Republican plans for Medicaid block grants actually work? … Long-term care advocates call on Canadian government to invest...
HUD implements multifamily mortgage payment relief during pandemic
By
Amy Novotney
Apr 15, 2020
As a result of the ongoing global pandemic, the Department of Housing and Urban Development last week introduced new mortgage payment relief guidance under the CARES Act. The measure targets borrowers...
Five Star tells Senior Star it must wait to try to increase stake in company
By
Lois A. Bowers
Oct 27, 2016
Two Five Star Quality Care shareholders will have to put on hold their plans to substantially increase their stake in the company until after March 31, the company said in a letter Thursday.
Empty hotels could help senior living operators increase bed capacity, address infection control challenges
By
Amy Novotney
Apr 23, 2020
As senior living operators look to reduce the pandemic’s impact, one partial solution may be available in currently empty hotels, according to Grant Warner, principal at Dallas-based D2 Architecture.