Healthcare spending growth projected to outpace GDP to 2032
Jun 13, 2024
National health expenditures are projected to have increased 7.5% in 2023, when the COVID-19 public health emergency ended.
Here’s where retirees’ savings could last longer
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jun 17, 2024
Overall spending for Americans aged 65 or more years has increased by 43.1% over the past decade, according to an analysis by DepositAccounts, so when choosing a place to retire, they may be drawn to places...
US healthcare spending for NFs and CCRCs to reach $337.4 billion by 2032, CMS says
By
Lois A. Bowers
Jun 13, 2024
National health expenditures for nursing facilities and continuing care retirement communities are expected to reach $337.4 billion by 2032, according to new estimates released Wednesday by the Office...
Pandemic-era tax credits made healthcare more affordable, but they’re set to expire
Jun 18, 2024
In a success story for Americans seeking affordable healthcare coverage, tax credits put in place during the pandemic helped millions gain health insurance, a new report found. But the credits are set...
Senior living can improve dementia care coordination, management for residents as GUIDE program partners
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jun 14, 2024
The nation’s population of older adults — particularly those living with dementia — largely went unnoticed by the population at large for a long time, but the growing numbers of these individuals...
PA assisted living providers back bills to boost Medicaid eligibility, caregivers
By
Lois A. Bowers
Jun 12, 2024
Assisted living and other long-term care providers in Pennsylvania are backing a slate of bills and a budget boost they say will help keep them afloat and bring more caregivers into the industry.
A.G. Rhodes openly sharing the path to the future of long-term care via its $37.5M ‘household’ renovation
By
Josh Henreckson
Jun 20, 2024
After nearly a decade of planning, fundraising and a $37.5 million construction and renovation project, Atlanta-based provider AG Rhodes officially opened its new 72-bed “household-model” building...
Master plan on aging fails to ensure ‘robust’ long-term care continuum that includes senior living,...
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jun 10, 2024
Pennsylvania’s master plan on aging, although well-intended, focuses most of its attention on home care and community services and falls short of ensuring a “robust” long-term care continuum for...
Care provider to pay $14.9M over false claims involving assisted living communities
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jun 10, 2024
A chronic disease management provider will have to shell out $14.9 million over allegations related to false claims involving assisted living communities, memory care communities and group homes.
The owners and operators of multiple New York adult care facilities and assisted living programs are facing a discrimination lawsuit for reportedly turning away prospective residents who use wheelchairs.