Experiencing gratitude tied to longevity in older women
Jul 08, 2024
Higher levels of gratitude were tied to a 9% reduction in all-cause mortality and a 15% reduction in cardiovascular death.
Significantly more weight loss seen with tirzepatide versus semaglutide
Jul 08, 2024
Patients with overweight or obesity receiving tirzepatide were significantly more likely to achieve ≥5, ≥10 and ≥15% weight loss.
Higher inflammation from early adulthood linked to worse cognition
Jul 08, 2024
Worse executive function and processing speeding were seen with consistently higher or moderate/increasing inflammation.
As LGBTQ+ population increases in senior living, so must provider inclusivity actions
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jul 08, 2024
LGBTQ+ older adults are one of the fastest emerging populations in senior living, presenting both opportunities and challenges for providers, according to a legal expert.
CCRC faces class action lawsuit over alleged biometric data collection, use
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jul 08, 2024
A continuing care retirement / life plan community in Chicago is facing a class action lawsuit alleging that it used a timekeeping system that collected and stored biometric data using employees’ facial...
Senior living sees all-time-high affordability, potential expansion of penetration rate
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jul 03, 2024
Senior living affordability is improving, and a growing customer base that is materially better off financially than members of previous generations could expand the penetration rate, according to the...
More news for Wednesday, July 3, 2024
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jul 03, 2024
Sonida Senior Living acquires 9 communities, to manage 2 more … FDA approves donanemab treatment for early Alzheimer’s disease … House subcommittee advances proposal to cut HUD funding by 7% …...
Friendship between residents, students blossoms after planter box donation
By
Foster Stubbs
Jul 03, 2024
Thanks to a project in a local high school geometry class, assisted living residents at Good Samaritan Society – The Pines in Jackson, MN, received two planter boxes for their community garden. Find...
States increase efforts to draw workers to healthcare
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jul 03, 2024
Multiple states are taking efforts to build the healthcare workforce with training and certification programs.
FDA approves new drug to treat Alzheimer’s
Jul 02, 2024
In clinical trials, donanemab (Kisunla) modestly slowed the pace of thinking declines among patients in the early stages of the memory-robbing disease. But it also carried significant safety risks, including...