Bake sale-supported nursing home turns to assisted living to survive
By
Josh Henreckson
Apr 05, 2024
A Rhode Island nursing home that had turned to a grassroots funding campaign that included a resident-run bake sale to avoid closure is reworking one of its floors into a memory-care focused assisted...
New ways to celebrate your achievements
By
Lois A. Bowers
May 20, 2024
The McKnight’s Women of Distinction Awards and Forum last week offered an energizing and insightful day of networking, learning and celebrating as we honored five dozen women for their contributions...
Focus on briefs: Dementia
Feb 01, 2023
Alzheimer’s blood test, Aducanumab approval issues, Medicare coverage of brain scans that diagnose dementia, Some at higher risk for Alzheimer’s
FDA approves Voquezna for erosive esophagitis, GERD
Nov 07, 2023
A Phase 3 trial showed noninferiority versus lansoprazole in healing and maintenance phases.
New drug for Alzheimer’s disease shows promise in phase 3 trial
Sep 28, 2022
Lecanemab is a monoclonal antibody drug designed to target and help remove Alzheimer’s-associated amyloid plaques in the brain.
K4Connect raises $8.9M from investors in latest funding round
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jul 17, 2023
Morrisville, NC-based K4Connect has raised $8.9 million from 14 investors, according to a Thursday filing with the Securities and Exchange Commiss
Tennessee creates coordinated response to Alzheimer’s disease
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Apr 26, 2024
Recognizing the need to coordinate and integrate services for older adults and people with disabilities, Tennessee has created a new Department of Aging and Disability to provide more strategic planning...
Medicaid unwinding complicates care decisions for some assisted living providers
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Apr 03, 2024
As states navigate the Medicaid redetermination process, some assisted living providers that accept Medicaid for their low-income residents have experienced payment disruptions. This situation leaves them...
Data breaches double: Cybersecurity attacks on the rise, mid-year report shows
By
Aaron Dorman
Aug 01, 2023
Data breaches in the first half of 2023 have increased 100 percent over the same time period last year, Fortified Health reports.
Supreme Court expands employers’ requirements for religious accommodations
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jun 30, 2023
How far must an employer go to accommodate a workers’ religious practices? The Supreme Court ruled Thursday that an employer’s financial hardship must be more than a minimal one to deny a worker time...