Various strategies used by U.S. adults to manage chronic pain
Feb 07, 2022
54.7% used only nonopioid pain management strategies and 4.4% used opioids only.
Increases in major depressive disorder, anxiety reported due to COVID-19
Oct 12, 2021
An increase of 27.6% was seen in cases of major depressive disorder globally, and a 25.6% increase was reported in anxiety disorders.
Exercise may protect against dementia
May 18, 2016
Exercise might provide some measure of protection from Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias, according to recently published research.
Former SNF operator out $300,000 after failing to provide sign language services
By
Danielle Brown
Oct 20, 2021
A former operator of 38 skilled nursing facilities accused of not supplying sign language interpretation for a deaf resident will shell out more than a quarter of a billion dollars to settle the allegations.
Rural COVID-19 vaccination campaign seeks help from home health agencies
By
Diane Eastabrook
Sep 27, 2021
The National Rural Health Association is calling on home healthcare agencies to help it mitigate COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy in rural America.
Report: PACE viable, sustainable
By
Lois A. Bowers
Mar 07, 2016
The Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly model is a viable and sustainable model of community-based long-term care, according to a new journal article.
COVID-19 payoff: More tech innovation
By
Lois A. Bowers
Jun 18, 2020
Dina Capek, health services director at Royal Oaks, a Sun City, AZ, retirement community with independent living, assisted living and memory care, recently spoke with McKnight’s Senior Living about how...
A Place for Mom is sold to new investors
By
Lois A. Bowers
Jul 06, 2017
A Place for Mom is being sold to technology investment firm Silver Lake and global growth equity firm General Atlantic by its current investor, growth private equity firm Warburg Pincus, the companies...
Resident’s $1 million donation will fund nurse training and research programs
By
Lois A. Bowers
Aug 28, 2018
A resident of a Pullman, WA, independent and assisted living community has committed $1 million in part to try to improve senior living caregivers’ recognition and understanding of Parkinson’s,...
OSHA issues new COVID-19 guidance for employers; mandates still forthcoming
By
Amy Novotney
Feb 01, 2021
In response to an executive order, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration issued stronger worker safety guidance Friday to help employers and workers implement COVID-19 prevention programs and...