Court tells EEOC to reconsider workplace wellness plan incentives
By
Lois A. Bowers
Aug 24, 2017
The AARP is calling a federal court’s decision Tuesday to have the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission reconsider workplace wellness plan incentives “a tremendous victory for workers,”...
3 ways to improve employee engagement
By
Lois A. Bowers
Jun 27, 2017
Supervisors in senior living are more engaged at work than are their peers in corporate America, but the industry will need to do better if it wants to reduce turnover in the field, according to one expert.
Aging services organizations support campaign to enable more care by advanced nurses
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jun 08, 2023
Two national aging services organizations have co-signed a letter supporting a bill that aims to “eliminate outdated barriers” that currently restrict care by advanced practice registered nurses.
Senior housing investment takes a ‘modest step back’
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jul 26, 2022
The economic recovery embraced by senior housing investors a year ago is still happening, but it has taken a “modest step back” in the face of increasing costs, inflation and interest rate hikes, Beth...
ASHA executives press HRSA on additional Provider Relief Fund payments, appeals process
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Apr 28, 2021
American Seniors Housing Association executives took their case for additional pandemic relief funding for senior living providers directly to the source on Monday.
California lawmaker working to garner support for additional funding of Section 202 Housing for the Elderly...
By
Amy Novotney
Apr 12, 2021
Last week, Rep. Maxine Waters (D-CA), chairwoman of the U.S. House Committee on Financial Services, began circulating a sign-on letter to her House colleagues in support of strong rental assistance funding...
Caregiver discrimination in workplace, updated COVID-19-related rules addressed by EEOC
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Mar 16, 2022
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission on Monday released a technical assistance document on caregiver discrimination well as an update to document explaining discrimination against employees and...
Trials show promise for intravitreal faricimab in retinal disease
Feb 02, 2022
Faricimab was noninferior to aflibercept for visual acuity gains in neovascular age-related macular degeneration and diabetic macular edema.
Next-gen Alzheimer’s diagnostic lets patients ‘check their brain’ from anywhere
By
Aaron Dorman
Oct 27, 2023
A new screening platform for brain disease has expanded accessibility and includes a three minute cognitive assessment.
Immune response may vary with choice of COVID-19 booster
Dec 16, 2021
All seven vaccines tested boosted immunity following two doses of ChAdOx1 nCoV-19; six of seven did so following two doses of BNT162b2.