$19M in grants available to improve job opportunities for older adults
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Apr 15, 2024
The Department of Labor announced last week the availability of approximately $19 million in grants for current national recipients in the Senior Community Service Employment Program to apply for additional...
Current federal efforts targeting care economy ‘miss the mark,’ industry advocates say
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Apr 10, 2024
As a kickoff to Caregivers Month, President Biden spoke Tuesday about the “care economy” at Washington, DC’s Union Station, celebrating the contributions of care workers across the country. Senior...
2 new laws strengthen reporting, investigation of older adult financial exploitation
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Apr 09, 2024
A new law encouraging financial institutions to do more to prevent and report financial exploitation of older adults was prompted by a family’s discovery that their loved one lost more than $3 million...
$5M in grants now available to assisted living communities for telemedicine tech
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Apr 09, 2024
Assisted living communities and other long-term care providers now can access $5 million in funding to install telemedicine technology and infrastructure after South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem (R) signed...
California bill would impose more controls on private equity investments in healthcare
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Apr 09, 2024
A bill under consideration by the California State Legislature would “add scrutiny on private equity companies when considering healthcare investments, amplifying the pressure already imposed by enforcement...
FDA approves new antibiotic for three indications
Apr 08, 2024
Zevtera is approved for S. aureus bloodstream infections, acute bacterial skin/skin structure infections and bacterial pneumonia.
AACR: Little benefit seen for cancer drugs given accelerated approval
Apr 08, 2024
Fewer than half of the cancer drugs granted accelerated approval demonstrate clinical benefit.
Assisted living providers to face increased regulation from bill headed for governor’s signature
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Apr 08, 2024
A bill expected to become law and targeting assisted living reform in Arizona addresses some best practices long touted by industry experts, but it also brings an increase in regulations for providers.
Bake sale-supported nursing home turns to assisted living to survive
By
Josh Henreckson
Apr 05, 2024
A Rhode Island nursing home that had turned to a grassroots funding campaign that included a resident-run bake sale to avoid closure is reworking one of its floors into a memory-care focused assisted...
FDA approves first prescription digital therapy for major depression
Apr 04, 2024
The adjunctive treatment, delivered via smartphone app, reduces depression symptoms in participants on antidepressant medication.