Publicly traded nursing homes see little financial effect from pandemic: study
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
May 26, 2021
The COVID-19 pandemic has not resulted in the forecast financial damage for the long-term care industry, according to data reviewed in a study published in the Journal of the American Geriatrics.
FDA expands approval of Jardiance for patients with heart failure
Feb 28, 2022
Jardiance received approval to reduce the risk for cardiovascular death and hospitalization for patients with heart failure.
Georgia adopts COVID-19 liability shield law for healthcare facilities, providers
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Aug 19, 2020
Georgia has become the latest state to enact legislation designed to shield healthcare facilities and providers from legal liability related to the spread of COVID-19.
Elderly homelessness will be America’s next great housing crisis: NYT analysis
By
Amy Novotney
Oct 02, 2020
Even before the pandemic hit, the number of elderly people experiencing homelessness was projected to triple within the next decade. A New York Times examination finds that swelling numbers of homeless...
Mobile app allows employees to get early access to pay
Aug 29, 2017
A new mobile app that gives senior housing and care employees early access to their earned pay could lead to less stressed workers and improved recruiting and retention for operators, cloud-based human...
Casey introduces legislation to expand PACE
By
Liza Berger
Apr 16, 2021
In a sign of the growing momentum to increase home- and community-based services (HCBS) Sen. Bob Casey, chairman of the U.S. Senate Special Committee on Aging, on Thursday introduced legislation to expand...
FDA approves drug to help immunocompromised fend off COVID-19
Dec 09, 2021
One dose of Evusheld is administered as two separate, consecutive injections and may be effective for six months.
Increasing dairy intake can cut falls, fractures for seniors
Oct 21, 2021
An intervention to increase calcium and protein intake using dairy foods was beneficial in a study involving older adults who live in long-term care facilities.
$125,000 NIC study will assess demand for middle-market seniors housing
By
Lois A. Bowers
Apr 11, 2017
The National Investment Center for Seniors Housing & Care is spending $125,000 to study the demand for middle-market seniors housing, the organization formally announced Monday. NIC CEO Robert G. Kramer...
CMS reevaluating outlays for the Accelerated Payment Program
By
Amy Novotney
Apr 28, 2020
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services announced Sunday that it is reevaluating the amounts that will be paid under its Accelerated Payment Program and suspending its Advance Payment Program to Part...