Kendal CEO Vassar Byrd discusses Kendal, her previous position and ‘some really fun things’
By
Lois A. Bowers
Jun 24, 2024
New Kendal Corp. CEO Vassar Byrd recently spent a few minutes with McKnight’s Senior Living discussing her professional roles, her love of dragon boat racing, and how the those two worlds could overlap.
HUD awards millions in ‘green’ funding to 17 affordable senior housing communities
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jun 26, 2024
Seventeen affordable seniors housing properties will receive funding ranging from $2.4 million to $20 million, the Department of Housing and Urban Development announced Tuesday as it makes available a...
Few with type 2 diabetes receive guideline-recommended CKD screening
Jul 01, 2024
24.9 percent received creatinine and UACR screening; Hispanic ethnicity associated with lack of screening
Wearable tech shows promise in spotting falls among older adults at home, improving reaction time
By
Kristen Fischer
Jul 01, 2024
A new technology may be able to boost reaction times to help older adults who fall at home get care more quickly.
Substituting lower-wage staff for registered nurses tied to worse outcomes
Jun 25, 2024
Harms include avoidable patient deaths, readmissions, longer lengths of stay, excess Medicare costs and forgone cost savings.
Wearable sensors improve balance assessment
By
John O'Connor
Jun 27, 2024
Researchers from Florida Atlantic University have developed a balance assessment method that uses strategically-placed sensors.
SCOTUS places ‘tombstone’ on Chevron doctrine, upending operation of federal agencies
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jul 01, 2024
A Supreme Court decision handed down Friday morning could transform the way federal agencies operate, providing the basis for senior living operators and other companies to challenge agency decisions.
Vigorous physical activity may preserve cognitive function in high-risk HTN
Jun 24, 2024
High versus low vigorous physical activity was linked to a lower risk of mild cognitive impairment, probable dementia and MCI/probable dementia in a multivariate model.
Medically advised aspirin use lower in 2021 than 2012 to 2017
Jun 24, 2024
Compared with 2012 to 2017, in 2021, medically advised aspirin use for primary prevention was lower (19.3 versus 27.6 to 31.2% among adults aged 60 to 69 years; 30.6 versus 38.35 to 41.6% among those aged...
Racial differences seen in financial hardship among older cancer survivors
Jul 01, 2024
Income and area-level disadvantage are the largest contributors to racial differences.