Increasing social interaction improves quality of life for residents with dementia
By
Lois A. Bowers
Feb 13, 2018
An hour a week of social interaction, combined with person-centered care, improves the quality of life for senior living residents with dementia and saves money, according to a study published in the journal...
Home Care briefs for Friday, March 19
By
Joe Jancsurak
Mar 19, 2021
Senate confirms Xavier Becerra as HHS secretary … Biden administration to invest more than $12B to expand COVID-19 testing … Senators introduce bill extending moratorium on Medicare sequester cuts...
Home care briefs for Tuesday, Dec. 1
Dec 01, 2020
Smart home healthcare market to approach $100 billion by 2030 … Georgia students donate 92 bags of groceries to home healthcare service for Thanksgiving … Kudos to Medicare for protecting home oxygen...
Home Care briefs for Monday, June 14
By
Diane Eastabrook
Jun 14, 2021
North Carolina advances two bills that raise wages for home care workers … Massachusetts home care workers seek COVID-19 premium pay … OIG orders Fairfield, CA-based hospice to return $3.3 million...
Business briefs for Thursday, April 15
By
Amy Novotney
Apr 15, 2021
More than two dozen senators sign bipartisan letter seeking financial relief for senior living operators … Bill delaying 2% Medicare sequester cut heads to Biden after passing House … Ventas named...
Obama: Policymakers can learn from CLASS Act failure
By
Lois A. Bowers
Jul 12, 2016
The development and implementation of the Affordable Care Act holds lessons for future policymakers, including lessons stemming from failed efforts to find a solution to funding long-term services and...
Philip Esformes has 20-year sentence in fraud case commuted by President Trump
By
Lois A. Bowers
Dec 23, 2020
In one of two cases with assisted living connections, President Donald Trump has commuted the sentence of Philip Esformes, the former assisted living and skilled nursing facility owner who was sentenced...
LTC pharmacy agrees to $2.75M settlement over controlled substance dispensing, coverup allegations
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
May 17, 2021
A national long-term care pharmacy provider agreed to a $2.75 million settlement with the federal government over allegations of improperly dispensing controlled substances at long-term care facilities...
Frontline staff effective in reducing antipsychotic use: study
By
Lois A. Bowers
Apr 17, 2017
The off-label use of antipsychotic medication to treat cognitively impaired residents can be significantly reduced by training frontline staff members to recognize that individuals may exhibit challenging...
Home Care briefs for Monday, July 19
By
Diane Eastabrook
Jul 19, 2021
Delaware gets its first hospital-at-home program … Sacramento home healthcare and hospice owner pleads guilty to Medicare fraud … Former FDA administrator says certain populations will need third COVID-19...