Veterans nursing home system explores offering assisted living
By
Joe Bush
Oct 26, 2022
Mired in a 40-year-old system it no longer believes is effective, the Missouri Veterans Commission is pushing to expand the offerings its nursing homes to possibly include assisted living.
First date redux
Oct 26, 2022
Arabella of Longview recently recreated the first date of residents Eleanor and Jim Heinz. Learn more, and find out how to submit your photos!
Heart failure mortality lower with healthier food environment
Oct 25, 2022
A lower county food insecurity percentage and a higher county food environment index were linked to a lower heart failure mortality rate.
One-year mortality 13.4 percent for seniors after major surgery
Oct 25, 2022
THe one-year mortality following major surgery increased for adults aged 65 years or older with frailty or probable dementia.
1 in 10 older adults have dementia, and that’s going to grow with aging population boom
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Oct 25, 2022
The first nationally representative study of cognitive impairment and dementia in more than 20 years found nearly one in 10 US older adults has dementia, and 22% have mild cognitive impairment.
People in the news, Oct. 25
Oct 25, 2022
Appointments, promotions and other news at Ascension, Berkadia, Front Porch Communities and Services, Health Services Management, Integral Senior Living, National Church Residences and Selectis Health.
Americans losing even more ground in keeping up with their retirement savings, survey shows
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Oct 25, 2022
More than half of Americans (55%) are not keeping up with retirement savings, according to the results of a recent survey from Bankrate. This is slightly worse than a year ago, when 52% of the respondents...
Prevalence of dementia estimated at 10 percent in 2016
Oct 24, 2022
The risk for dementia reduced with each additional year of education; dementia prevalence was higher for Blacks.
COVID-19 death rate increased with age, was higher for men
Oct 24, 2022
Overall, 38.9% of COVID-19 deaths among adults aged 85 years and older occurred in a nursing home or long-term care facility, compared with 19.2 and 9.7% among those aged 75 to 84 and 65 to 74 years, respectively.
‘Staffing and labor challenges do persist,’ provider survey finds
By
Lois A. Bowers
Oct 24, 2022
Nine percent of long-term care providers responding to the latest executive survey by the National Investment Center for Seniors Housing & Care said they continue to experience “severe” staffing shortages,...