Alzheimer’s experts throw support behind experimental drug despite adverse events, deaths
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Dec 01, 2022
Alzheimer’s disease experts are throwing their support behind the drug lecanemab, despite reports of two deaths tied to the experimental monoclonal antibody medication.
California’s senior living and care sector at ‘critical juncture’
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Apr 08, 2024
California’s senior living and care sector is at a critical juncture, with the state Master Plan on Aging underscoring the need to expand the direct care workforce and improve outcomes for workers, according...
The factor more important than occupancy
By
Lois A. Bowers
Oct 08, 2018
NCAL Day speakers think something other than occupancy should be operators’ top priority.
Smorgasbord of health tech innovations presented in Finland; country’s senior centers reaping benefits
By
Aaron Dorman
Aug 03, 2023
Many emerging healthcare technologies aimed at seniors were on display at Finland’s recent Radical Health Festival.
Older adults in 7 states deviate from national average financial well-being
By
Lois A. Bowers
Nov 14, 2019
Adults older than 62 in three states have higher average financial well-being scores than the average for their age group, and older adults in three states have scores that are lower than average, the...
Hall marks
Mar 15, 2018
Pennswood Village in Newtown, PA, is encouraging residents to hang their artworks in the community’s hallways.
FDA-cleared wearables are the future of senior care
By
Jiang Li
Jan 10, 2019
Greater access to proven remote patient monitoring technologies can lead to safer and more effective healthcare among older adults while also reducing the cost and burden incurred through senior care.
‘Substantial change’ needed at Ventas, activist shareholder says
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Sep 12, 2023
Stamford, CT-based Land & Buildings Investment Management issued a public letter Monday describing Ventas’ recent financial performance as “lackluster” and calling for “substantial change.”
OSHA proposes change to recordkeeping regulation as agency works on final healthcare rule
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Apr 06, 2022
The Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration is proposing amendments to its occupational injury and illness recordkeeping regulation as it works to establish a final rule meant...
Two disease processes contribute to age-related macular degeneration
Jan 13, 2023
Lesions from soft drusen/pigment epithelial detachments have lower mean quantitative autofluorescence, whereas those from subretinal drusenoid deposits have higher.