Substituting lower-wage staff for registered nurses tied to worse outcomes
Jun 25, 2024
Harms include avoidable patient deaths, readmissions, longer lengths of stay, excess Medicare costs and forgone cost savings.
Public/private coordination could improve care delivery for affordable senior housing residents in MA...
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jun 25, 2024
With more than half of all affordable senior housing residents now enrolled in private Medicare Advantage plans, a new report from the federal government says that coordinated service and healthcare delivery...
People in the news, June 25
By
Eliza Mattson
Jun 25, 2024
Appointments, promotions and other news at The Aspenwood Company, Brookdale Senior Living, Ebenezer Senior Living, Grace Management, the Granger Cobb Institute, Invesque, The Jewish Home Family, Juniper...
IRS plans to deny billions of dollars in ‘clearly improper’ employee retention credit claims
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jun 25, 2024
The IRS said it plans to deny tens of thousands of improper, high-risk employee retention credit claims from employers, totaling billions of dollars, after a review found “a large number of improper...
Medically advised aspirin use lower in 2021 than 2012 to 2017
Jun 24, 2024
Compared with 2012 to 2017, in 2021, medically advised aspirin use for primary prevention was lower (19.3 versus 27.6 to 31.2% among adults aged 60 to 69 years; 30.6 versus 38.35 to 41.6% among those aged...
Hospital nursing resources tied to COVID-19 survival
Jun 24, 2024
“If all hospitals in the study had superior nursing resources prior to or during the pandemic, models estimate many thousands of deaths among patients hospitalized with COVID-19 could have been avoided,”...
Vigorous physical activity may preserve cognitive function in high-risk HTN
Jun 24, 2024
High versus low vigorous physical activity was linked to a lower risk of mild cognitive impairment, probable dementia and MCI/probable dementia in a multivariate model.
Learn about staffing, AI solutions from industry experts June 27 at free virtual event
By
Lois A. Bowers
Jun 24, 2024
What happens when you bring together provider experts and marketplace partners to discuss the long-term care field’s most pressing issues? Fresh ideas, new approaches and innovative solutions. Join McKnight’s...
When it comes to nation’s older adults, ‘affordable housing matters’
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jun 24, 2024
Low-income older adults are spending record amounts of income on housing. That’s one takeaway message that LeadingAge Senior Vice President of Policy Linda Couch said she has from a report released Thursday.
Kendal CEO Vassar Byrd discusses Kendal, her previous position and ‘some really fun things’
By
Lois A. Bowers
Jun 24, 2024
New Kendal Corp. CEO Vassar Byrd recently spent a few minutes with McKnight’s Senior Living discussing her professional roles, her love of dragon boat racing, and how the those two worlds could overlap.