Sleep-initiation insomnia, sleep medication use may increase dementia risk
Mar 10, 2023
However, sleep-maintenance insomnia is tied to reduced dementia risk.
Adult survivors of childhood cancer may face late-onset memory impairment
Jun 02, 2023
The findings were seen decades after cancer diagnosis and treatment.
New rule would bar employers from requiring workers to sign noncompete agreements
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jan 06, 2023
Employers would be prohibited from requiring workers to sign noncompete agreements under a proposed new rule announced Thursday by the Federal Trade Commission.
Women entering Peak 65 Zone financially vulnerable, study finds
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jul 17, 2024
Financial security in retirement is a concern for all Americans, particularly women in what the Alliance for Lifetime Income calls the Peak 65 Zone; they are trailing their male contemporaries in assets.
COVID-19 pandemic tied to burnout in healthcare professionals
Oct 05, 2022
Emotional exhaustion and depersonalization increased as the pandemic wore on in 2020.
NIC’s Mace transitions to advisory role
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jun 08, 2023
The National Investment Center for Seniors Housing & Care disclosed Tuesday that Beth Burnham Mace is vacating her role as chief economist to become a consultant and special adviser for the organization.
Prevalence of dementia estimated at 10 percent in 2016
Oct 24, 2022
The risk for dementia reduced with each additional year of education; dementia prevalence was higher for Blacks.
Mortality, hospice use rates differ in assisted living communities depending on whether memory care is...
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Apr 04, 2024
Assisted living communities that provide memory care services may attract residents closer to the end of life or promote hospice use at the end of life compared with assisted living communities without...
Actions & Transactions, Sept. 11
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Sep 11, 2023
Blueprint CRE facilitates sale of 5-property SNF portfolio in Virginia … Former LA funeral home, Salisbury, NC, car dealership to be affordable senior housing … KIRCO’s newly acquired senior living...
Minimum staffing requirements good idea in theory only: AHCA/NCAL
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jul 13, 2023
A federal nursing home minimum staffing mandate “sounds like a good idea, but in practice, it is not,” American Health Care Association / National Center for Assisted Living President and CEO Mark...