The Utah bill that would require assisted living communities to grant resident requests to install monitoring equipment in their rooms soon will be headed to the desk of Gov. Gary Herbert, where the bill’s...
Operators could face ‘significant roadblocks’ trying to access $46 million in workforce development...
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jul 11, 2022
Assisted living operators in Texas are eligible for grants from a $46 million fund set up by the Texas Health and Human Services Commission for a variety of workforce initiatives, including recruitment...
Lancaster Pollard opens San Francisco office
May 18, 2018
Lancaster Pollard’s 10th banking office nationwide is located in the San Francisco area.
More news for Friday, April 2
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Apr 02, 2021
Worker pleads guilty to embezzling a quarter-million dollars from Indiana senior living community by impersonating CFO … Ohio Legislature considers bill allowing assisted living residents to put security...
LeadingAge calls on HUD to release millions earmarked for affordable senior housing
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jun 10, 2020
Critically needed COVID-19 relief funds provided by the CARES Act for affordable senior housing are long overdue to ensure the safety of at-risk populations and staff, according to LeadingAge.
Medicare could negotiate drug prices under Democrat proposal
Nov 03, 2021
For the first time, the measure would enable the federal government to negotiate prices for medications covered by Medicare.
Business briefs for Wednesday, Nov. 18
By
Amy Novotney
Nov 18, 2020
Welltower, NHI provide business updates around October rent collection, occupancy … New Hampshire reinstates extra weekly stipend for nursing home workers until end of 2020 … Financial services firm...
Stimulus grants helping Diversicare and NHC withstand pandemic’s decreased revenue and significant...
By
Amy Novotney
Aug 07, 2020
Brentwood, TN-based Diversicare felt the impact of COVID-19 “in a very real way” in the second quarter, recording more than 2,500 positive cases in patients, residents and staff, affecting 56 of the...
$2.9 million study will seek ways to detect dementia earlier
By
Lois A. Bowers
Sep 04, 2019
Researchers from Florida State University will use a $2.9 million grant from the National Institute on Aging of the National Institutes of Health to try to discover earlier ways to detect and treat age-related...
Keep it real with evidence-based simulation learning
By
Melora Jackson, MS
Aug 02, 2019
Scientifically researched training tools offer assurances that do-it-yourself and knock-off training programs cannot ensure.