How to position your community properly for the future
By
Lynne Moore
Jan 29, 2024
Owner/operators, many with aging physical plants, now are taking an opportunity to reflect on their existing communities, overall operations, services and pricing, to assess whether renovation or repositioning...
Incidence of fatigue, chronic fatigue increased significantly after COVID-19 infection
Feb 21, 2024
An increased risk was seen for fatigue and chronic fatigue, with hazard ratios of 1.68 and 4.32 compared with non-COVID-19 controls.
Employers can’t penalize workers for time off taken under FMLA, court rules
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Mar 18, 2024
Employers must consider and adjust performance expectations accordingly for time off that employees take under the Federal Medical Leave Act, the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled.
Patients at memory clinic more likely to live in advantaged areas
Aug 03, 2023
Lower percentage of patients at clinic self-identified as Black compared with average percentage living in catchment area
Higher, lower HDL cholesterol linked to increased risk for dementia
Oct 04, 2023
An increased risk for Alzheimer’s disease and related dementia was seen in association with higher and lower versus middle quintile of HDL-C.
No elevated risk for stroke seen after COVID-19 bivalent vaccine receipt
Mar 20, 2024
No evidence was seen for an increased risk for stroke in one- to 21-day or 22- to 42-day windows compared with a 43- to 90-day window after the vaccine.
Acute hospital care at home shows promise for medically complex patients
Jan 08, 2024
At 30 days after discharge, the mortality rate was 3.2% and skilled nursing facility use rate was 2.6%.
$81 million national dementia care workforce study aims to better coordinate care
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Nov 20, 2023
The development of an annual national survey of the dementia care workforce, including assisted living workers, is being launched thanks to a five-year, $81 million cooperative agreement with the National...
Proposed bill would expand upskilling, job training opportunities for nation’s workforce
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Dec 12, 2023
The aging services industry has thrown its full support behind a bill that would expand skill development opportunities for American workers.
$81 million NIH grant will study dementia care through workforce in assisted living, other settings
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Oct 05, 2023
A five-year, $81 million federal grant will fund a study to better understand the workforce caring for assisted living residents and others who are living with dementia in hopes of helping with recruitment...