‘Alzheimer’s crisis’ intersecting with direct care workforce challenges, association says
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Mar 16, 2023
The nation is facing an “Alzheimer’s crisis” as the number of older adults in whom the disease is diagnosed continues to increase amid a shortage of direct care workers, according to the Alzheimer’s...
HUD 2024 funding proposal presents ‘mixed bag’ for senior housing
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Mar 15, 2023
President Biden’s $73.3 billion budget request to address affordable housing in 2024 is “strong” overall but presents a “mixed bag” for senior housing, according to LeadingAge.
Assisted living’s value lies in affordable, quality care: paper
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Mar 10, 2023
With a rapidly aging population that will need access to affordable care and services, the assisted living model is the one that makes sense from a quality of life and fiscal perspective, according to...
HCBS bill provides ‘sorely needed’ solutions to care choice, workforce issues
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Mar 10, 2023
A new bill seeking to expand and permanently fund home- and community-based service programs — including those provided in assisted living — is “exactly what’s needed” to begin to solve the...
2 bills target stabilizing assisted living funding model
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Mar 08, 2023
Bills aimed at addressing funding in assisted living are making their way through state legislatures in Montana and New Jersey
Key to providing healthcare in senior living? ‘Just get started’
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Mar 06, 2023
Thinking about tapping into Medicare payment models to deliver healthcare to senior living residents? One expert has some rather stark advice.
Inconsistent state regulations, staff training produce wide variations among states’ antipsychotic...
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Feb 28, 2023
Researchers are calling for a closer look at the use of antipsychotics among assisted living residents with dementia after a study found wide variations in prescribing patterns.
Advocates ‘appalled’ as CMS again says it will not cover monoclonal antibody treatments for Alzheimer’s
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Feb 24, 2023
Advocates of those living with Alzheimer’s disease are expressing disappointment that the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services on Wednesday rejected a request to expand its coverage of monoclonal...
More news for Wednesday, Feb. 22
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Feb 22, 2023
Congressman tells AG Garland that Esformes case is ‘political’ … FHCA unveils 2023 legislative priorities … Medicare advisers suggest tweak to coverage process for Alzheimer’s drugs … Schumer...
Bipartisan group pushes CMS to expand coverage for Alzheimer’s treatments
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Feb 21, 2023
Access to federally approved monoclonal antibody and other disease-modifying therapies for Alzheimer’s disease will be “extremely limited” unless the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services reconsiders...