Identifying highest-risk assisted living communities key to tackling next outbreak: report
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
May 22, 2024
The public health response to COVID-19 in assisted living communities in New York highlights the need to identify those communities at highest risk of infectious disease outbreaks to provide necessary...
Business briefs, May 21
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
May 21, 2024
New bill would extend telehealth services for seniors … Long-term care leaders return to basics, employ innovation to grow direct care staff … Nursing home residents sue state over conditions, lack...
Business briefs, May 9
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
May 09, 2024
Occupancy, senmargin recovery focus for 2024: Brookdale CEO … Bills to add CNA training flexibility, extend telehealth access advance for House vote … DHC, AlerisLife manager RMR Group reports latest...
Walmart to shut down virtual care platform and health centers, as profits sputter
By
Adam Healy
May 03, 2024
Walmart disclosed it will pull the plug on its health and virtual care delivery products as a result of high operational costs.
Nurses have reservations about use of AI on the job: survey
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Apr 29, 2024
More than half of the nurses responding to a new survey by Cross Country Healthcare said they have reservations about the potential benefits of artificial intelligence in the nursing field.
Assisted living mental health services fell between 2019 and 2020, study finds
By
Kristen Fischer
Apr 25, 2024
Mental health visits for assisted living residents living with dementia dropped as the pandemic set in, a new study finds.
Actions & Transactions, April 24
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Apr 24, 2024
Phorcys Capital Partners acquires Prosper at Wickliffe, Ohio assisted living community … Wartburg memory care center to open April 30 … Cogir Senior Living expands SafelyYou to 36 communities and into...
Remote access technologies expose home care firms to cybersecurity vulnerabilities, experts say
By
Adam Healy
Apr 23, 2024
To make sure data do not fall into the wrong hands, providers need to stay current on the latest cybersecurity practices.
National resource center should be created to address social isolation, loneliness: report
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Apr 19, 2024
A national resource center should be created to provide leadership to address issues of social isolation and loneliness in older adults, according to a new report.
Grant program to allow ‘significant’ investment in innovative technology in assisted living
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Apr 18, 2024
Assisted living communities and nursing homes in South Dakota now can apply for $2 million in grants from the state Department of Human Services to buy technology equipment “to improve the quality of...