Home health advocates to battle CMS over proposed continuation of PDGM-related rate cut
By
Diane Eastabrook
Jun 30, 2021
The leader of a home healthcare coalition said her organization will push back aggressively after the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Service on Monday proposed keeping a 4.3% cut related to the Patient-Driven...
REGEN-COV reduces risk for COVID-19 hospitalization, death
Oct 01, 2021
Among outpatients with COVID-19 at high risk, the risk for hospitalization and death was reduced with the monoclonal antibody combo versus placebo.
Senior living building retrofits could be a model for defending against extreme weather
By
Aaron Dorman
Nov 06, 2023
Five senior living sites chosen by HUD to receive funding to renovate their facilities with green, weather-resilient technology.
All regions represented on new list of top states for retirement
By
Lois A. Bowers
Jan 22, 2020
North, South, East, West. All quadrants of the United States are represented on MoneyRate’s 10th annual list of top states for retirement.
Medicaid expansion filled unmet needs for home health, other long-term care: JAMA
By
Kimberly Marselas
Oct 01, 2020
Broader Medicaid eligibility was associated with a significant increase in the use of long-term care — both institutional and at-home services — according to a study in JAMA Network Open.
Fears of loneliness, isolation affect tech use among older adults
By
Lois A. Bowers
Mar 14, 2018
Fears of loneliness and isolation may be preventing some older adults from using online technology, according to newly published research in the journal Communications of the ACM.
Overestimation of oxygen saturation leads to delayed COVID-19 treatment
Aug 31, 2023
Patients with unrecognized need for COVID-19 therapy appear to have higher odds of readmission, regardless of race.
Reps join ASHA, 14 other groups in opposing capital gains taxes for some US REITs
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Aug 09, 2023
Two members of the US House of Representatives are adding their voices to those of the American Seniors Housing Association and 14 other real estate-related groups calling for the withdrawal of a retroactive...
Americans losing even more ground in keeping up with their retirement savings, survey shows
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Oct 25, 2022
More than half of Americans (55%) are not keeping up with retirement savings, according to the results of a recent survey from Bankrate. This is slightly worse than a year ago, when 52% of the respondents...
Snapchat video leads to arrest of three senior living workers
By
Meredith Beirne
Jul 10, 2018
Three employees of a Georgia senior living community have been arrested after allegedly making a Snapchat video instead of monitoring a resident while she waited for a hospice nurse.