Almost 40% of surveyed M&A executives are considering long-term care
By
Lois A. Bowers
Jul 03, 2018
The category of home health, long-term care and hospice services holds high interest for more than one-third of corporate or private equity executives planning to make an acquisition in the next 12 to...
$4.8 million awarded for Alzheimer’s research in assisted living and other settings
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Lois A. Bowers
Dec 19, 2018
Thirty Alzheimer’s disease research projects will be funded with $4.8 million in funding announced Monday by Florida Gov. Rick Scott and the state Department of Health, and some of the efforts will involve...
OSHA to launch web-based injury reporting form Aug. 1
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Lois A. Bowers
Jul 19, 2017
Employers will be able to electronically submit required injury and illness data from their completed 2016 Occupational Safety and Health Administration Form 300A via a new form on the OSHA website beginning...
AL provider ordered to pay $56,256 in back wages to 9 employees
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Lois A. Bowers
Mar 27, 2016
A Florida assisted living provider will pay back wages totaling $56,256 to nine employees after violating the Fair Labor Standards Act, according to the U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division.
New law protects Missouri senior living providers from COVID-19-related lawsuits
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Lois A. Bowers
Jul 12, 2021
Senior living and other long-term care and healthcare providers in Missouri have new liability protections related to COVID-19 civil lawsuits now that Gov. Mike Parson (R) has signed SB 51 into law.
CCRC springs into action after Hurricane Hermine
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Lois A. Bowers
Sep 27, 2016
Advance planning and dedicated staff members and residents helped Westminster Oaks in Tallahassee, FL, get through some trying days and nights after Hurricane Hermine came through earlier this month, the...
Long-term care on five-year roll with M&A deal volume: report
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Lois A. Bowers
Jul 29, 2019
The long-term care subsector had the most merger and acquisition deals among all healthcare subsectors in the second quarter, continuing a trend that has been observed since at least 2014, according to...
Frontline workers must be priority for COVID-19 resources, groups say; Juniper to test all residents,...
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Lois A. Bowers
Apr 03, 2020
The safety and well-being of frontline workers in senior living and skilled nursing must be prioritized in order to ensure that older adults receive the care they need and that the spread of COVID-19 is...
High blood pressure may protect ‘oldest old’ from dementia: study
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Lois A. Bowers
Jan 17, 2017
Older adults who develop high blood pressure later in life have a lower risk of dementia after age 90, especially if they develop hypertension at or after age 80, according to the results of a new study.
Diffey, Minnix, Ryan and Sims to be inducted into Continuing Care Hall of Fame for 2021
By
Lois A. Bowers
Sep 27, 2021
John Diffey, Larry Minnix, Mary Alice Ryan and Bill Sims will be inducted into the Continuing Care Hall of Fame for 2021.