Signed appropriations package includes $100 million funding increase for dementia research
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Lois A. Bowers
Mar 25, 2024
A fiscal year 2024 appropriations package signed Saturday by President Biden will increase funding by $100 million for research into Alzheimer’s and other dementias at the National Institutes of Health...
Overtime rule review completed by White House
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Lois A. Bowers
Apr 11, 2024
The Department of Labor’s proposed overtime rule has moved a step closer to being finalized. The White House Office of Management and Budget’s Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs has completed...
Healthcare cost worries may be causing retirees to curtail lifestyle spending
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Lois A. Bowers
Mar 29, 2024
Concerns about healthcare costs may be leading retirees to spend less and curtail their lifestyles in retirement, according to a new survey.
Invesque makes addition, dispositions and operator transitions
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Lois A. Bowers
Nov 10, 2023
Invesque continued to adjust its portfolio through an addition, dispositions and operator transitions in the third quarter and afterward, the Fishers, IN-based healthcare real estate company reported as...
Congress should create national database about older adults in guardianships, group says
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Lois A. Bowers
Apr 01, 2024
Congress should create and fund a national database that contains demographic data about older adults who have guardians, recommends a new white paper from Justice in Aging.
Occupancy, financial gains continue in Sabra Health Care REIT’s senior living portfolio
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Lois A. Bowers
Feb 29, 2024
Quarterly occupancy in Sabra Health Care REIT’s portfolio of wholly owned managed senior living communities in the fourth quarter of 2023 reached its highest level since the second quarter of 2020, the...
Omnicare long-term care pharmacy sale not expected any time soon, CVS says
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Lois A. Bowers
Nov 02, 2023
The sale of CVS Health’s long-term care pharmacy business, Omnicare, isn’t expected “in the near term,” the company said Wednesday in a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
The Pennant Group reports ‘continued positive momentum’ in third quarter
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Lois A. Bowers
Nov 09, 2023
The Pennant Group saw “continued positive momentum” in operating results in the third quarter, according to Pennant CEO Brent Guerisoli.
Assisted living rates up 0.6 to 3.8 percent
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Lois A. Bowers
Mar 29, 2024
Average assisted living community rates increased between 0.6 and 3.8% in 2023 nationally, depending on room type, according to illumifin, an administration and claims solution provider for long-term care...
Well-being could be the path to improved dementia prevention and care: report
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Lois A. Bowers
Apr 01, 2024
Increasing well-being may be a promising nonpharmacological approach to preventing dementia, and among people already living with dementia, well-being may be improved through environmental changes and...