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...
More news for Wednesday, March 22
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Mar 22, 2023
Act would remove barriers to healthcare licensing across state lines … Legislation would tighten background checks for would-be guardians … Bill calls for creation of special commission to coordinate...
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...
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.
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...
More news for Friday, Oct. 27
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Oct 27, 2023
Assisted living worker charged with murder after shoving resident … Personality changes prior to cognitive impairment aren’t predictive of dementia … CDC releases COVID-19, RSV vaccine information...
Utah camera bill moves to Senate
By
Lois A. Bowers
Feb 15, 2016
A bill that would require assisted living communities to grant resident requests to install monitoring equipment in their rooms unanimously passed out of the Utah House of Representatives Feb. 12 and has...
More news for Friday, Nov. 3
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Nov 03, 2023
Neighoborhood environments can influence modifiable factors for Alzheimer’s, dementias … Former assisted living owner to undergo competency evaluation in exploitation case … Enhanced tai chi program...
