Alzheimer’s care, quality of life improve with innovative immersion room
By
Jessica R. Towhey
Aug 05, 2024
A creative new room at a Long Island, NY, nursing home may serve as a model for improving the quality of Alzheimer’s care.
Depression, anxiety, fibromyalgia common with rheumatoid arthritis, osteoarthritis
Jul 24, 2024
A single screening with the Multidimensional Health Assessment Questionnaire can be used in clinical practice.
Another listeria death, dozens of hospitalizations in outbreak tied to Boar’s Head deli meats
Aug 08, 2024
The death toll from listeria linked to tainted Boar’s Head deli meats has risen to three, with nine more cases of the bacterial illness reported in the outbreak, an update issued Thursday by the...
What happens if biomarker tests spot Alzheimer’s before people show symptoms?
By
Kristen Fischer
Aug 05, 2024
As of now, no therapy is approved by the Food and Drug Administration for people at risk of Alzheimer’s disease who don’t have symptoms. But blood tests that can spot biomarkers linked to the disease...
Court denies senior living provider’s effort to withhold privileged safety records, citing dual uses
By
Kimberly Marselas
Aug 08, 2024
Internal investigative documents that senior living and care providers use to help them learn from errors and accidents can’t be held back from trial attorneys if those documents also are used for other...
Minimum fee schedule announcement for HCBS a ‘lifeline’ for assisted living providers
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Aug 06, 2024
After years of working with state policymakers to address workforce challenges, senior living organizations in Wisconsin said they are encouraged by the announcement of a minimum fee schedule for home-...
Ensign Group builds on growth momentum with 3 SNF acquisitions
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Aug 05, 2024
The Ensign Group continues to build on the buying spree begun in the past quarter when the company announced acquisitions in Colorado and Iowa.
Shortening senior living sales cycle contributes to longer length of stay
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Aug 01, 2024
Showing prospective residents the value of moving into a senior living community sooner rather than waiting can have a tremendous effect on a community’s length of stay statistics, according to a sales...
Sabra Health Care REIT: Senior housing performance drives progress in second quarter
By
Lois A. Bowers
Aug 09, 2024
Sabra Health Care REIT saw “progress in all key areas” in the second quarter, CEO, President and Chair Rick Matros said Thursday on the Tustin, CA-based real estate investment trust’s latest earnings...
More news for Wednesday, July 31
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jul 31, 2024
Wildfire smoke increases dementia risk more than other forms of air pollution … Digital elder abuse intervention provides early detection of abuse in older adults living with dementia … RISE Project...