Dementia, affordable housing advocates cheer spending bill provisions
By
Lois A. Bowers
Mar 23, 2018
Supporters of Alzheimer’s disease-related health promotion, dementia research, falls prevention and affordable housing are cheering provisions contained in a $1.3 trillion, 2,232-page fiscal year...
Senior living workforce, affordable housing priorities included in House appropriations proposal
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jul 01, 2022
Workforce development, dementia care and affordable senior housing are among the funding priorities affecting senior living included in the proposed House appropriations bill.
More news for Friday, Sept. 30
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Sep 30, 2022
LeadingAge provides feedback on HUD’s proposed changes to affordable housing contracts … Daily activity, HDL cholesterol inform new life expectancy model … NCAL endorses Expanding Service Coordinators...
More news for Friday, Sept. 15
Sep 15, 2017
Senate confirms Pamela Patenaude as HUD deputy secretary … Pentagon fires chief of Armed Forces Retirement Home agency … Football games encourage memory care residents to exercise … Retirement...
More news for Friday, Oct. 7
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Oct 07, 2022
WHO sets 2030 deadline to find Alzheimer’s cure … Report informs how to improve housing for older adults while addressing inequities … Most Americans want strong, sustainable Medicaid program …...
More news for Monday, Feb. 7
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Feb 07, 2022
Republican legislators introduce bill to prevent ‘weaponization’ of OSHA … Emergency recruitment program offers $2,000 sign-on bonus to work in long-term care … HUD to enforce carbon monoxide protections...
More news for Monday, June 28
Jun 28, 2021
DA reverses plans to seek death penalty for alleged senior living serial killer … FDA grants breakthrough therapy designation to donanemab and lecanemab for Alzheimer’s … Vapors from alcohol-based...
Diane Rehm advocates for choice at end of life
By
Lois A. Bowers
May 11, 2016
A talk in which National Public Radio’s Diane Rehm shared experiences related to her late husband’s battle with Parkinson’s disease and decision to end his life were a highlight of Wednesday’s...
More news for Tuesday, July 11
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jul 11, 2023
Average senior housing and care cap rates, rents expected to trend up in 2023 … HUD makes $30M available to fair housing enforcement partners … New Hampshire launches brain health public awareness...
More news for Tuesday, Aug. 31
Aug 31, 2021
Groups request extension for vaccine mandate in Maine … Senior housing providers can take action to protect older adults from the end of eviction moratorium … Multiple defendants indicted in ‘grandparent...