Two-hour oral glucose tolerance test can predict future episodic memory decline
Sep 24, 2021
A higher value on an oral glucose tolerance test at baseline was linked to worse performance and greater decline in a word-list delayed recall test.
$1.3 billion omnibus bill targets Minnesota’s long-term care workforce crisis
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Apr 28, 2022
A comprehensive health and human services reform bill passed Tuesday by the Minnesota Senate aims to address the state’s long-term care workforce crisis.
Proposed assisted living bill a ‘cure worse than the disease’: advocates
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Feb 09, 2022
A Kansas bill backed by the Alzheimer’s Association regarding appeals of involuntary discharges from long-term care communities is a “cure worse than the disease,” according to senior living advocates.
Providing value an important tool in workforce recruitment efforts: speaker
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jun 22, 2021
Senior living operators — and long-term care in general — are not alone in their struggles to recruit and retain workers. But there are ways for employers in aging services to offer value outside of...
FDA warns against using at-home COVID-19 test swabs in the throat
Jan 10, 2022
Throat swabs are common in some countries, but most self-tests in the United States require nasal samples.
Medicare spending spikes for dementia diagnoses in seniors
Jun 13, 2022
Medicare spending was higher for adults with a formal clinical diagnosis of dementia versus a positive screening for cognitive impairment.
Mandating seasonal flu vaccinations in the workplace in the time of COVID-19
By
Patricia Goodson
James Bobbitt
Oct 26, 2020
The issue of mandatory vaccinations in the workplace is becoming increasingly relevant as medical experts in the U.S. anticipate that a COVID-19 vaccine will be available for distribution to the general...
Downtown urban areas to be major focus for senior living developers, experts predict
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Apr 12, 2022
Senior living’s expansion into downtown urban areas caught the eye of the Wall Street Journal Friday.
COVID cases rise among nursing home staff, NIC says; AMDA releases new guidance
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jan 19, 2022
Weekly COVID-19 cases among skilled nursing home staff members and residents set new records earlier this month, according to the National Investment Center for Seniors Housing & Care.
People in the news, Jan. 19
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jan 19, 2021
Appointments, promotions and news at the American Association of Service Coordinators, Amsterdam at Harborside, Capital Senior Living, Consolidated Contracting, Edgemere, Enquire, EPOCH Senior Living,...