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Black seniors with GI malignancy more likely to be frail
Apr 11, 2022
Black patients also were more likely to report limitations in daily living and instrumental activities of daily living.
Take residents off the menu, put relief on the table, Argentum says as House passes $55 billion aid package
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Apr 08, 2022
Argentum is expressing “outrage” over a $55 billion federal aid package for bars, bakeries and baseball that leaves out assisted living communities once again.
U.S. nursing home system ‘ineffective,’ ‘unsustainable,’ National Academies report...
By
Danielle Brown
Apr 07, 2022
A long-awaited national report has found that the way the United States finances, delivers and regulates nursing home care is ineffective and unstable. Immediate action is needed to bring meaningful changes...
Actions & Transactions, April 7
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Apr 07, 2022
Boston Financial closes $290M national multi-investor fund … Cushman & Wakefield arranges sale of 4 Texas memory care communities … Grandbridge arranges $30M recapitalization of Vista Grande Villa...
Medicare now covers COVID-19 tests bought at drug stores
Apr 05, 2022
Now the 59 million Americans covered by Medicare Part B can get up to eight free, at-home tests each month.
People in the news, April 5
By
Caroline Szachnowski
Apr 05, 2022
Appointments and promotions at Carroll Lutheran Village, Diversified Healthcare Trust, HMP Senior Solutions, The Harborside, Jewish HomeLife, Juniper Communities and Masonic Villages.
Feds add 35,000 visas to seasonal worker program
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Apr 05, 2022
An additional 35,000 H-2B worker visas will be available for the second half of fiscal year 2022, the departments of Labor and Homeland Security have announced.
FDA OKs first injectable antibody drug
Apr 01, 2022
The Food and Drug Administration in early December authorized the first monoclonal antibody medication for preventing COVID-19 in certain immunocompromised adult and pediatric patients. One dose of the...
Actions & Transitions, April 1
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Apr 01, 2022
D.C. mayor announces $19.5B investment in senior housing … Langdale Place celebrates 30th anniversary … Watercrest Myrtle Beach holds red carpet grand opening