Purchase of VNA may kick off nonprofit home care buying spree for Amedisys
By
Diane Eastabrook
May 12, 2021
Visiting Nurse Association (VNA) may be the first of many nonprofit home healthcare and hospice companies Amedisys acquires.
ACC offers guidance on cardiovascular sequelae of COVID-19
Mar 18, 2022
The guidelines address myocarditis and other types of myocardial involvement, postacute sequelae of SARS-CoV-2 and return to exercise.
NIC: Senior living occupancy drops again in May but could be stabilizing
By
Lois A. Bowers
Jun 17, 2020
Occupancy in independent and assisted living continued declining in May but could be stabilizing, the National Investment Center for Seniors Housing & Care said Tuesday as the organization released new...
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AHCA / NCAL blasts meager COVID-19 funding levels
By
John O'Connor
Jul 09, 2020
When it comes to COVID-19 federal aid, the seniors housing and care sector is getting shortchanged. So claims one of the nation’s largest eldercare organizations.
FDA warns of cybersecurity risk with certain Medtronic insulin pumps
Sep 20, 2022
An equipment issue may allow someone to break in and cause the pump to deliver too much or too little insulin to the patient.
WHO: Monkeypox cases may finally be ebbing
Aug 25, 2022
UK health authorities said recently that a decline in new cases in that country may be an early sign the outbreak was starting to slow.
COVID-19 vaccine effectiveness for delta variant differs by dose number
Jul 22, 2021
Absolute differences seen in vaccine effectiveness for the delta versus the alpha variant were more marked after one dose.
Use of injectable local anesthetics up for hip fracture
Mar 28, 2022
The increasing use of injected local anesthetics may represent move away from opioid analgesia for hip fracture patients.
M&A hit 2017 low in third quarter
By
Lois A. Bowers
Oct 10, 2017
Seniors housing and care merger and acquisition activity in the third quarter was the lowest of any quarter in the year so far, according to a new report.