Assisted living oversight, certification strengthened by bill
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Sep 06, 2024
Under a wide-ranging reform bill, assisted living communities in Massachusetts would offer basic health services and face additional oversight, which one senior living provider said will ensure high quality...
Business briefs, Aug. 28
By
Lois A. Bowers
Aug 28, 2024
USC will continue to operate ACL’s National Center on Elder Abuse … Social Security Administration plans streamlined application process … Via Elegante Assisted Living and Memory Care receives $460,000...
More news for Tuesday, Aug. 27
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Aug 27, 2024
Grant will fund research, education, advocacy on Medicaid estate recovery effects … Justice Department says RealPage’s algorithmic pricing scheme harms millions of American renters… Assisted living...
Business briefs, Aug. 26
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Aug 26, 2024
Grant provides 24/7 paramedic to LTC homes … Kindred must face copycat False Claims suit
over nursing home billing … Woodbridge, Va., SNF recognized with 2 Gold Seals of Approval for quality care,...
Black patients less likely to receive diagnostic testing in emergency department
By
Haymarket Media
Aug 28, 2024
Black patients discharged from the emergency department with a diagnosis of interest were less likely to have related diagnostic testing than whites.
HHS announces $19 million to build long-term care, acute care nurse workforce
By
Lois A. Bowers
Sep 18, 2024
The federal government on Tuesday announced $19 million in funding to five schools to help educate nurses to work in long-term care and acute healthcare settings.
In-person contact more effective than digital contact in lessening loneliness in older adults
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Aug 30, 2024
In-person contact is most effective in lessening loneliness in older adults, working better than phoning, emailing or texting, according to a new study published this week in The Journals of Gerontology:...
Technology pilot study to focus on improving resident safety, employee well-being in senior living
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Aug 27, 2024
Improving resident safety and employee well-being in senior living communities and other long-term care residential settings through technology is the goal of research getting underway at the University...
Palace Group, Santa Fe community top Fortune Best Workplaces in Aging Services lists
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Sep 13, 2024
Senior living communities based in Florida took the top spots on Fortune’s recently released Best Workplaces in Aging Services: Senior Housing and Care lists.
LeadingAge applauds HUD’s proposed updates to affordable housing block grant program
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Aug 12, 2024
Members of the Preservation Working Group, including LeadingAge, recently applauded the Department of Housing and Urban Development’s proposal to update program rules for the HOME Investment Partnerships...