Flu vaccination cuts older adults’ dementia odds by 40 percent over 4 years
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Alicia Lasek
Jun 27, 2022
Older adults with no signs of dementia and at least one flu vaccination were 40% less likely to develop Alzheimer’s disease within the next four years than their unvaccinated peers, according to a new...
Assisted living providers struggled with infection control during pandemic, multistate study reveals
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Alicia Lasek
Jun 09, 2022
Assisted living operators reported serious challenges in implementing infection prevention and control practices for residents living with dementia during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a new study.
Lawmaker pressures CMS on status of national quality measures for HCBS
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Alicia Lasek
Jul 13, 2021
The ranking member of the Senate Special Committee on Aging is turning up the heat on the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, asking the agency’s chief to describe its efforts to establish quality...
Argentum urges member push to include senior living in provider relief funds
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Alicia Lasek
Apr 01, 2021
A sign-on letter campaign is one time-sensitive priority among various efforts to secure federal funding and help providers recover from pandemic losses. President Biden’s newly announced infrastructure...
Capital Senior Living move-ins at 2-year high, indicating rebound in demand, CEO says
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Alicia Lasek
Apr 01, 2021
March move-ins across the company’s 60 communities are on track to be at their highest monthly level in two years, while overall occupancy rates remain near 75%.
Medicare repayment begins in April for most LTC operators who received pandemic loans
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Alicia Lasek
Mar 26, 2021
The repayment period for CMS’ Medicare Accelerated and Advanced Payment program does not begin until one year after the first payment was made to a provider or supplier. That means April for most LTC...
Memory care suffers in 4Q 2020; NIC posts takeaways from actual rates report
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Alicia Lasek
Mar 11, 2021
Memory care discounts in December were at their highest level since April 2020, and the sector had the largest monthly spread of below-average initial asking rates when compared with independent living...
Maplewood and Omega unveil luxury Manhattan property employing top geriatric care
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Alicia Lasek
Mar 11, 2021
The companies have officially opened Inspīr Carnegie Hill, a new senior living community on Manhattan’s Upper East Side, with ties to renowned local healthcare institutions.
CDC quantifies coronavirus’s heavy toll on assisted living
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Alicia Lasek
Nov 20, 2020
The coronavirus pandemic has taken a heavy toll on the assisted living industry, according to a new analysis of state and local data published by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.