Liability costs, severity increasing for long-term care providers
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Aug 02, 2024
Liability costs continued to rise for senior living and care operators last year, although “the underlying dynamics that impact loss costs may be shifting,” according to a new actuarial analysis from...
Edenwald Senior Living, Wesley SecureCare take first step toward affiliation
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Aug 02, 2024
Edenwald Senior Living and Wesley SecureCare signed an agreement Wednesday to share services in the first step toward completing a planned affiliation.
Pharmacist prescribing can reduce stroke risk in A-Fib patients
Aug 01, 2024
The findings were seen for pharmacist prescribing compared with usual care in older adults at high risk for stroke.
COVID-19 vaccination may increase risk for urinary tract symptoms
Aug 01, 2024
A higher proportion of those who received a single dose versus three doses had to urinate five or more times in the night.
Shortening senior living sales cycle contributes to longer length of stay
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Aug 01, 2024
Showing prospective residents the value of moving into a senior living community sooner rather than waiting can have a tremendous effect on a community’s length of stay statistics, according to a sales...
Meet Lisa King, 2024 Hall of Honor inductee
By
Josh Henreckson
Aug 01, 2024
Lisa King, regional vice president at All Ways Caring HomeCare in Louisville, KY, is a Hall of Honor inductee in the 2024 McKnight’s Women of Distinction awards program.
Job growth in the private sector slowed in July for the fourth consecutive month, with the addition of 122,000 jobs, according to the monthly ADP National Employment Report Economy Lab report, published...
Wearing face mask reduces risk for symptoms of respiratory infection
Jul 31, 2024
Wearing surgical face mask in public over 14 days reduces risk for self-reported symptoms consistent with respiratory infection
Amyloid probability score 2 has high diagnostic accuracy for Alzheimer’s disease
Jul 31, 2024
The diagnostic accuracy 73% for dementia specialists compared with 91% using the APS2.
Cognitive impairment more often experienced by patients with RA
Jul 31, 2024
People with rheumatoid arthritis with moderate-to-high inflammation also have lower mean values in the Montreal Cognitive Assessment and lower executive function scores.