Want to attract prospects? Communicate your COVID-19 protocols, speaker advises
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Sep 24, 2020
Attracting consumers to senior living means creating the right product for the right market at the right price, according to the head of a market research firm speaking at the virtual Argentum Senior Living...
AHCA/NCAL’s Parkinson honors ‘real heroes’ in his own words
By
Kimberly Marselas
Mar 25, 2024
AHCA/NCAL President and CEO Mark Parkinson received the 2024 McKnight’s Pinnacle Awards Career Achievement Award on Thursday. Read his acceptance speech here.
App-based protocol ID’s delirium in hospitalized adults
Nov 08, 2021
Overall accuracy of two-step protocol including two-item screen and 3-minute diagnostic assessment was 89%, 87% for nurses, doctors.
20 percent tax deduction awaits some assisted living operators but eludes skilled nursing providers
By
Lois A. Bowers
Jan 23, 2019
A 20% business income tax deduction under the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act could be awaiting some assisted living communities, according to final regulations issued by the federal government on Friday. Skilled...
Acute hospital care at home shows promise for medically complex patients
Jan 08, 2024
At 30 days after discharge, the mortality rate was 3.2% and skilled nursing facility use rate was 2.6%.
Time spent in sedentary behavior tied to incident dementia in seniors
Sep 12, 2023
A significant, nonlinear association was identified between time spent in sedentary behavior and incident dementia.
Superagers have faster movement speed than typical older adults
Jul 17, 2023
Superagers exhibit higher grey matter volume cross-sectionally in the medial temporal lobe, cholinergic forebrain and motor thalamus.
N95 respirators can be reprocessed using vaporized hydrogen peroxide
Jan 12, 2022
All reprocessed N95 respirators met primary end points of function and effectiveness; no change was reported in filtration efficiency.
COVID-19 vaccines cut mortality with heart failure
Jun 16, 2022
Those who are partially vaccinated and unvaccinated face the same increased risk, whereas boosted and fully vaccinated adults fare best.
Severe glycemic events in Type 1 diabetes may raise risk for dementia
Jun 04, 2021
The dementia risk increased more than sixfold for older adults with Type 1 diabetes who experienced severe episodes of hypoglycemia and hyperglycemia.