Study: Pandemic increased the number of homebound, isolated seniors
By
Diane Eastabrook
Aug 25, 2021
The COVID-19 pandemic may have led to more older adults living at home and heightened their risk of infection from COVID-19, according to a new JAMA Internal Medicine study.
Financial incentives, elimination of regulatory barriers may help expand availability of small-house...
By
Amy Novotney
Jan 11, 2021
Despite evidence that residents within one of the best-known alternative nursing home models, the Green House Project, have fared much better amid the COVID-19 pandemic than those in traditional skilled...
Proposed pilot an opportunity to spotlight assisted living’s benefits: ASHA
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
May 26, 2022
A proposed pilot program to expand veterans’ access to assisted living is an “economically sound and sensible approach” to demonstrating the benefits of the setting, according to the American Seniors...
Provider groups applaud millions in proposed investments in older adults but say plans fall short
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Feb 08, 2024
A proposed $11.7 million investment in Pennsylvania’s master plan on aging is being celebrated by leaders in the senior living industry for prioritizing the needs of older adults, but experts expressed...
Proposed SNF tests would cost more than $400 million, AHCA claims
By
Amy Novotney
May 20, 2020
Testing all of the nation’s skilled nursing residents and staff just once for COVID-19 would cost $440 million, according to data released Wednesday from the American Health Care Association/National...
Actions & Transactions, Oct. 7
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Oct 07, 2022
LECOM Health pays $7.27M for Independence Court of Erie, PA … HJ Sims closes life insurance loan for senior living community … Thrive at Montvale, NJ, holds grand opening … Molina Healthcare closes...
Business briefs, June 15
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jun 15, 2022
NLRB proposal would make it harder for employers to insist on private ballot union elections … Flurry of immigration legislation would reduce hiring barriers … Should Medicaid pay for supportive senior...
More news for Monday, March 18
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Mar 18, 2024
Invesque continues to sell SNFs in shift to predominantly private-pay properties … Assisted living, healthcare settings account for more than half of US waterborne disease exposures … CMS releases...
Business briefs, Feb. 23
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Feb 23, 2024
Long-term care execs see modest salary increases: report … Providers clamor for innovation to head off “end-of-mission” conversations … Nursing homes sue state Medicaid program, claiming massive...
Business briefs, March 2
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Mar 02, 2023
Today is final day for some employers to submit 2022 injury and illness data … Evive Brands is new name for Executive Home Care, Assisted Living Locators, Grasons Co. and Future Acquisitions … Ohio’s...