OSHA’s move to make COVID standards permanent met with skepticism from long-term care industry groups
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jan 05, 2023
The final version of the Occupational Health and Safety Administration’s rule meant to protect healthcare workers from COVID-19 has reached the White House Office of Management and Budget for review...
VIUM Capital exceeds its expectations, with $2.1 billion in transactions, marking record year
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jan 04, 2023
VIUM Capital closed 70 transactions totalling $2.1 billion in 2022, marking a record year for the young company.
ACP updates living guideline on pharmacologic treatment of osteoporosis
Jan 03, 2023
Bisphosphonates are strongly recommended for initial treatment of primary osteoporosis for postmenopausal women.
COVID, workforce, financial issues confront senior living providers as 2023 starts, leaders say
By
Lois A. Bowers
Jan 03, 2023
Addressing the burnout plaguing existing employees while working to entice others to join the industry will be a focus of providers in 2023.
Labor unionization among healthcare workers remains low: JAMA study
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jan 03, 2023
The National Labor Relations Board had 58% more union election petitions in the first nine months of 2022 compared with the same time frame the year before. However, labor unionization among healthcare...
Women with employer insurance more likely to report unaffordability of care
Dec 30, 2022
“[R]ising healthcare costs, growth in high-deductible plans and increased out-of-pocket healthcare expenditures may have contributed to increased unaffordability in recent years,” the authors...
5α-reductase inhibitors linked to depression, but not dementia
Dec 29, 2022
The magnitude of association for finasteride and dutasteride with dementia decreased over time and became nonsignificant.
Social frailty linked to worse outcomes for elderly heart failure patients
Dec 28, 2022
Social frailty was linked to composite of all-cause death and cardiovascular events among elderly hospitalized heart failure patients.
Tough new labeling law for sesame prompts companies to add It to their products
Dec 22, 2022
The new requirements are so strict that it costs less to add sesame to food products than to try to keep it out.
Big senior living stories of 2022
By
Lois A. Bowers
Dec 22, 2022
Here are some of the major stories that affected senior living providers in 2022.