Year-over-year health spending growth highest ‘by far’ for home healthcare
By
Lois A. Bowers
Aug 28, 2024
Year-over-year growth in national health spending in June was highest “by far” for home healthcare, at 20.9%, compared with other major healthcare categories, according to a brief issued late Tuesday...
Actions & Transactions, Aug. 28
By
Lois A. Bowers
Aug 28, 2024
Ziegler advises Confluent Senior Living on sale of Ohio senior living community … Connect55+ announces progress on Topeka, KS, community, set for spring opening
Workforce participation expected to continue to decline, report finds
By
John Roszkowski
Aug 27, 2024
In another troubling sign for the ongoing staffing shortages facing the long-term care industry, a new report finds that US workforce participation among the prime working age population is continuing...
Business briefs, Aug. 27
Aug 27, 2024
Pennsylvania retirement community sees $11.6 million operating loss … Trustee balks at $1.3M in incentives for executives in Petersen Health bankruptcy … How LTC facilities with employee-centered cultures...
Justice Department files antitrust complaint against senior living technology provider
By
John Roszkowski
Aug 27, 2024
The US Justice Department and attorneys general from eight states have filed suit against a company that provides property management software for senior living and multi-family housing providers, for...
Maine nursing home closure continues disturbing state, national trend
By
John Roszkowski
Aug 27, 2024
The closing of a 55-year old nursing home in Maine is the latest in a disturbing trend of nursing home closures in the state and nationwide.
Actions & Transactions, Aug. 27
Aug 27, 2024
$48 million senior living project planned in Michigan … GentleBrook plans $14 million senior living community in Ohio … Lutheran Senior Services seeks approval for major senior living renovation …...
National Senior Communities, Presbyterian Homes and Services top LeadingAge Ziegler 200 lists for senior...
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Sep 13, 2024
Presbyterian Homes & Services tops the 2024 LeadingAge Ziegler 200 list of largest not-for-profit multi-site senior living and care organizations with respect to assisted living units, with 2,927, and...
Multiple sclerosis linked to lower risk for Alzheimer’s disease pathology
By
Haymarket Media
Aug 30, 2024
A lower rate of amyloid-β plasma biomarker positivity was seen in multiple sclerosis patients compared with non-MS controls.
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...