HUD extends comment period for Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing proposed rule to April 24 … Supreme Court denies emergency relief to Philip Esformes … Excitement over 3.7% SNF pay raise offset...
Business briefs, Dec. 5
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Dec 05, 2022
Apprenticeship program offers window into potential staffing solution … Rosalynn Carter Institute calls on HHS to increase funding for family caregivers … Healthcare employment rose by 45,000 in November:...
Better Care Better Jobs Act would create 500,000 direct care jobs: analysis
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jul 27, 2021
Passing the Better Care Better Jobs Act would create more than 500,000 new direct care jobs and provide respite care and other paid support, and it would enable millions of family caregivers to get back...
Care management improves ROI for dementia-related care costs: study
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
May 28, 2024
Care management significantly improved healthcare costs, utilization and overall return on investment for Medicare managed-care people living with dementia who were enrolled in one dementia care management...
Consumers prefer home care, but nursing homes may better accommodate care coordination, socioeconomic...
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Adam Healy
May 01, 2024
Not surprisingly, consumers overwhelmingly prefer home-based care to facility-based care. Difficulties coordinating caregivers or preexisting socioeconomic challenges, however, can lead some people to...
Older Americans Act major update brings changes for older adult service providers
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Adam Healy
Feb 08, 2024
The ACL released a final rule affecting the Older Americans Act, the first significant change to the act in more than 35 years.
Public policy must address flaws in long-term care financing, experts say
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jan 11, 2024
Public policy needs to address flaws in Medicaid funding and encourage private planning for long-term care, according to experts speaking Tuesday during a panel discussion hosted by the Paragon Health...
The needs of middle-class Americans over 55 often go unmet: SCEPA
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Dec 06, 2023
Many adults aged 55 and older who have difficulty with daily and instrumental activities aren’t getting the help they need, research associate Jessica Forden of the Schwartz Center for Economic Policy...
Monarch Communities, Welltower launch The Current brand with Weymouth, MA, community
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Nov 17, 2023
Marsh, MD-based Monarch Communities, together with real estate investment trust Welltower, opened a “wellness-focused senior living concept” this week in Weymouth, MA. The Current Weymouth is the first...
Companies see financial wellness programs as ways to recruit, retain workers
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Oct 23, 2023
Employers are seeing financial wellness programs — with offerings such as basic money management tools and financial planning seminars and webinars — as a means of recruiting and retaining workers,...