House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Friday panned a Medicare for All proposal being forwarded by a number of Democrats currently running for president. Her implicit suggestion to fellow Democrats: Stick with...
House Democrats crafting plan to reduce Medicare drug costs
By
John O'Connor
Sep 11, 2019
A plan being hatched by House Democratic leaders would allow the Department of Health and Human Services to negotiate prices for up to 250 Medicare-covered medications, as well as insulin.
Nine charged in phone-theft scam that targeted dozens of residents
By
John O'Connor
Jul 19, 2019
Nine people have been charged with defrauding dozens of residents across three South Carolina senior living communities.
The Senate has unanimously approved the Building Our Largest Dementia (BOLD) Infrastructure for Alzheimer’s Act.
Lawmakers approve measure that cuts Medicaid payments to assisted living operators
By
John O'Connor
Dec 13, 2018
Arkansas lawmakers on a key committee approved a measure that dramatically cuts Medicaid payments to assisted living operators.
Combination therapy may be best Alzheimer’s bet, group claims
By
John O'Connor
Dec 13, 2018
Combination therapy likely will yield the most impressive results, according to researchers from the Alzheimer’s Drug Discovery Foundation in New York.
Owner to serve jail time for sexually assaulting residents
By
John O'Connor
Dec 11, 2018
The owner of an Arkansas senior living community has been sentenced to 75 days in jail and 12 years of probation after being convicted of sexually assaulting two residents.
Boy’s quick reaction helps avert tragedy during senior living blaze
By
John O'Connor
Nov 28, 2018
The six residents of a senior living community in Healdsburg, CA, escaped a Sunday night fire without incident. For that, they can thank a quick-acting 10 year-old and his mother.
Promising Alzheimer’s vaccine might cut dementia by half
By
John O'Connor
Nov 27, 2018
An Alzheimer’s vaccine that could reduce dementia by half? Researchers at the University of Texas are saying such an outcome just might be possible, in the wake of results from an experimental vaccine.
Care to guess who the real hacking culprits are?
By
John O'Connor
Nov 26, 2018
When it comes to health-related data breaches, hospitals, doctors’ offices and even senior living organizations are oftentimes the culprits.