Falling for financial scams might be early Alzheimer’s signal … New Mexico did not ensure attendants were qualified to provide personal care services: HHS OIG … Assisted living business director...
Business briefs, Sept. 10
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Sep 10, 2024
Unionization boosts wages, could be solution to home care turnover … Aegis Living loses lawsuit over 2021 ransomware attack… ThriveWell launches with first service offering, ThriveWell At Home… HUD...
Outdoor nighttime light exposure linked to prevalence of Alzheimer’s disease
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Haymarket Media
Sep 06, 2024
Nighttime light exposure was more strongly linked to AD prevalence than any other disease factor among those younger than 65 years.
Almost a million Medicare beneficiaries potentially affected by data breach, CMS says
By
Lois A. Bowers
Sep 06, 2024
Almost a million Medicare beneficiaries could have been affected by a data breach announced Friday by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.
Improving assisted living quality one opportunity for National Plan on Aging, group says
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Sep 05, 2024
Improving the quality of assisted living communities and nursing facilities, and increasing affordability and expanding coverage of long-term services and supports, are among the opportunities a National...
Asthma inhalers tied to large greenhouse gas emissions production
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Haymarket Media
Sep 04, 2024
Metered-dose inhalers were responsible for almost all inhaler-related emissions.
People in the news, Sept. 3
By
Foster Stubbs
Sep 03, 2024
Appointments, promotions and other news at Covenant Living Communities & Services, Edward Don & Co., the Empire State Association of Assisted Living, Gifford Healthcare and St. Mark Village.
Home-based dialysis gives patients, clinicians more treatment options, nephrologist says
By
Adam Healy
Aug 30, 2024
Facilities may be the traditional setting for dialysis, but emerging home-based treatments present an opportunity to rethink kidney care.
No spike in schizophrenia, other diagnoses among people with dementia after feds crack down on antipsychotic...
By
Kimberly Marselas
Aug 28, 2024
Federal policies designed to reduce use of antipsychotic medications in nursing homes did not lead to clinically significantly higher rates of schizophrenia diagnoses among people living with dementia,...
More news for Tuesday, Aug. 27
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Aug 27, 2024
Grant will fund research, education, advocacy on Medicaid estate recovery effects … Justice Department says RealPage’s algorithmic pricing scheme harms millions of American renters… Assisted living...