Eleventh hour spending bill includes $117 billion for HHS
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Mar 26, 2024
A $1.2 trillion spending bill approved by the Senate early Saturday morning includes $117 billion for Department of Health and Human Services operations. This sum allocates $4.1 billion for the administrative...
Jobs Corps program extended through Sept. 30, receives $1.76 billion in funding
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Mar 26, 2024
Congress awarded the Job Corps program $1.76 billion in funding through Sept. 30 as part of the $1.2 trillion package approved Saturday. This maintains the program’s fiscal 2023 funding level, according...
Bipartisan bill would change tax treatment of certain mergers
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Mar 25, 2024
Certain mergers would be treated differently for tax purposes if a bill introduced Thursday by Sens. JD Vance (R-OH) and Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) becomes law.
Workforce grants offer $28 million to recruit, retain new Americans for senior living roles
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Mar 21, 2024
A new $28.3 million grant program in Minnesota is focusing on recruiting and retaining immigrants, refugees and new Americans and their children to work in the state’s assisted living communities and...
Actions & Transactions, March 20
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Mar 20, 2024
Greystone closes $425M healthcare CLO … Commonwealth Senior Living expands footprint in Grand Rapids, MI … Wu, Pressley, Warren cut ribbon on JJ Carroll House in Brighton, MA … Health Dimensions...
People in the news, March 19
Mar 19, 2024
Appointments, promotions and other news at Ceca, the Florida Assisted Living Association, Kisco Senior Living, National Church Residences, Retirement Unlimited Inc., SAGE, the Smarter Service, Varsity...
FDA approves Rezdiffra for nonalcoholic steatohepatitis
Mar 15, 2024
Drug was approved on an ‘accelerated’ schedule due to pressing medical need
Senior living provider groups ‘cautious’ about Indiana legislative agenda
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Mar 15, 2024
Although appreciative of a commitment to older adults, Indiana’s senior living industry has some concerns about at least one aspect of the state’s legislative agenda for the year.
HumanGood completes $35 million renovation project in southern California
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Mar 14, 2024
Duarte, CA-based HumanGood has completed a $35 million renovation at The Gardens, an affordable senior housing community in Glendale, CA.
‘Nanopaint’ breakthrough could give seniors a picture-perfect recovery from heart surgery, dialysis
By
Aaron Dorman
Mar 12, 2024
In the future, surgeons could use “nanopaint” particles to coat veins to prevent clogging after vein transplant procedures, research shows.