Report: Frailty screening, care can improve care for older adults
By
Kristen Fischer
Aug 23, 2024
Checking for frailty and treating it should be top priorities when providing healthcare and health planning for older adults, according to a report published Aug. 7 in the New England Journal of Medicine.
Home health earns top scores in key quality reporting measures
By
Adam Healy
Aug 21, 2024
Home health achieved the best results in two quality measures: discharge to community and Medicare spending per beneficiary.
Decision to remain in nursing home business a complicated one for some CCRCs
By
Kimberly Marselas
Aug 21, 2024
Facing unrelenting staffing and reimbursement challenges, a significant share of life plan communities across the country have shed skilled nursing beds since the start of the pandemic.
Business briefs, Aug. 19
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Aug 19, 2024
Kisco’s Drake Terrace recognized as SAGECare platinum credentialed provider … Bill would raise asset limits for older Medicaid beneficiaries in New Jersey … Senior living partnership births hospice...
Study shows long-term care costs are older adults’ No. 1 health concern, but expert says no help in...
By
Jessica R. Towhey
Aug 16, 2024
The No. 1 health-related concern of older Americans is the cost of long-term care, but experts say there’s little political will to tackle the problem.
‘Alarming’ legal opinion could be ‘detrimental’ to senior living project financing, leaders say
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Aug 16, 2024
An “alarming” legal opinion affecting a federal loan program popular with senior living and care organizations could have a “detrimental” effect on maintaining senior living communities and other...
CDC: Overall ED visit rate 47 visits per 100 people in 2022
Aug 15, 2024
Emergency department visit rates were highest for those younger than 1 year and aged 75 or more years, and for Black and African American non-Hispanic people.
New deals will cut Medicare costs for expensive drugs
Aug 15, 2024
The Biden administration said Thursday that it has signed deals with drug companies that will lower the prices on 10 of the most popular and expensive drugs used by American seniors.
Researcher eyes assisted living as base for testing AI-powered dementia screening technology
By
Adam Healy
Aug 15, 2024
Growing enrollment in Medicare Advantage shows no signs of slowing down, according to a new analysis by KFF.
First facility assessment deadline leaves gaping questions about surveyor intent
By
Kimberly Marselas
Aug 14, 2024
Skilled nursing providers across the country were required late last week to complete their first enhanced facility assessment.