Deadline extended! McKnight’s Tech Awards deadline now June 1
May 25, 2021
The deadline for receipt of nominations for the 2021 McKnight’s Excellence in Technology Awards has been extended one week, to June 1. No further extensions will be granted. There is no cost to enter.
Senate passes spending bill with $425 million boost for Alzheimer’s research
By
Lois A. Bowers
Aug 24, 2018
Alzheimer’s and dementia research funding in fiscal year 2019 at the National Institutes of Health would see a $425 million increase to a total of $2.3 billion under a bill passed Thursday by the...
Alzheimer’s research gets $7.5 million in funding from foundation
By
Lois A. Bowers
Jul 15, 2015
The Paul G. Allen Family Foundation is giving $7 million to five teams of researchers and has awarded an additional $500,000 in grants, too.
LTC defers, abates about $3.7M in rent as tenant Abri Health Services/Senior Care Centers files for Chapter...
By
Amy Novotney
Apr 21, 2021
LTC Properties has granted more than $3.6 million in rent deferrals since the beginning of the year, according to a company update released Monday.
New Jersey announces blueprint, $5.5 million in grants to promote age-friendly practices
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jun 03, 2024
New Jersey has released a blueprint in an effort to advance the state along an age-friendly path, and it has announced a $5.5 million grant program to help communities promote age-friendly practices.
‘Joint employer’ rule effective date now March 11
By
Lois A. Bowers
Feb 26, 2024
The National Labor Relations Board’s “joint employer” rule now is set to go into effect on March 11 after a federal judge granted a stay last week.
Meet Alicia Hartnett, Rising Star honoree
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jun 24, 2020
Alicia Hartnett, director of healthcare and assisted living, Lutheran Village at Miller’s Grant, Ellicott City, MD, is in the 2020 class of the McKnight’s Women of Distinction as a Rising Star.
$2 million trial will measure effect of virtual reality on senior living residents, families
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Aug 20, 2021
Boston-based Rendever will use a $2 million National Institute on Aging grant to study the effects of its virtual reality platform on senior living residents and their families.
Two years ago, the Pennsylvania Housing Finance Agency and some other funding sources granted almost $13 million for affordable senior housing in Harrisburg, PA.
Federal apprenticeship program would get $3.8 billion boost under bipartisan bill
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
May 16, 2023
The bipartisan National Apprenticeship Act of 2023, if signed into law, would invest more than $3.8 billion over five years and create almost a million new opportunities, Andrea Price-Carter, director,...