Move-in rates slowing in some senior living segments, fueling occupancy gains
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Aug 30, 2024
Independent living saw the most notable slowdown in year-over-year move-in rates, had the highest discounts and experienced the greatest improvement in the pace of move-ins in the second quarter, according...
Palace Group, Santa Fe community top Fortune Best Workplaces in Aging Services lists
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Sep 13, 2024
Senior living communities based in Florida took the top spots on Fortune’s recently released Best Workplaces in Aging Services: Senior Housing and Care lists.
Employer educational assistance programs can help long-term care workers pay off student loans
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John Roszkowski
Sep 03, 2024
Employer-based educational programs still can be used to help pay off worker students’ loans through the end of next year, potentially enabling long-term care employers to provide relief to their workers...
National Senior Communities, Presbyterian Homes and Services top LeadingAge Ziegler 200 lists for senior...
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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...
Mediterranean diet adherence may protect against COVID-19
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Haymarket Media
Aug 28, 2024
The review shows unclear benefits against COVID-19 symptoms and severity.
Self-insured health plans grow in popularity among small and medium-sized employers, report finds
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John Roszkowski
Sep 03, 2024
More small and medium-sized employers have turned to self-insured employee health plans since the passage of the Affordable Care Act, whereas the percentage of self-insured plans among large employers...
Dementia diagnoses up in individuals with acute kidney injury
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Haymarket Media
Sep 05, 2024
Developing AKI was associated with a significantly increased rate of subsequent dementia; the pattern was consistent across dementia types.
Year-over-year health spending growth highest ‘by far’ for home healthcare
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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...
Workforce program gives students a taste of senior living while serving CCRC’s needs
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Sep 05, 2024
A workforce engagement program launched by a Delaware continuing care retirement community provides job opportunities for high school students and gives them a taste for senior living while filling job...
‘Any downturn’ in economy could affect workers’ retirement savings: report
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Sep 05, 2024
Labor force participation is improving, but a downturn in the economy could have significant implications for workers’ retirements, according to a report from the Employee Benefit Research Institute.