Dining robot pilot project finds benefits for senior living employers, staff, residents
By
Lois A. Bowers
Dec 05, 2022
Faster service, improved employee safety and well-being, and enhanced employee recruitment, retention and morale were among the benefits realized in a 90-day pilot project testing the use of robot servers...
Having a sense of purpose can lower the risk of death
By
Lois A. Bowers
Dec 05, 2022
People with higher levels of purpose may have a lower risk of death from any cause, according to a study recently published in the journal Preventive Medicine.
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.
Commission says investing in direct care workforce is top priority
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Nov 30, 2022
Higher wages and increased state funding are necessary to prioritize New Hampshire’s direct care workforce, according to industry advocates and experts.
People in the news, Nov. 29
Nov 29, 2022
Appointments and promotions at Buckner Retirement Services, CareTrust REIT, the Center for Innovation, Civitas Senior Living, Convivial Life, Distinctive Development, Greenfields, Ingleside, Jackson Creek...
People in the news, Nov. 22
Nov 22, 2022
Appointments, promotions and other news at 12 Oaks Senior Living, Buckner, IntegraCare, Pegasus Senior Living and White Horse Village.
2023 McKnight’s Women of Distinction nominations open
By
Lois A. Bowers
Nov 15, 2022
McKnight’s Senior Living, McKnight’s Long-Term Care News and McKnight’s Home Care have opened the nomination process for the 5th annual McKnight’s Women of Distinction awards program.
People in the news, Nov. 18
Nov 15, 2022
Appointments, promotions and other news at Presbyterian Homes, Burleson Senior Community, Civitas Senior Living, Ecore International, Health Services Management, JLL, LCS, Lorien Health Services, Lument,...
COVID-19 public health emergency will not end in January: reports
By
Lois A. Bowers
Nov 14, 2022
The public health emergency due to COVID-19 will not end in January, according to published reports.
Updated: AlerisLife faces possible stock market delisting
By
Lois A. Bowers
Nov 10, 2022
AlerisLife faces possible delisting by Nasdaq because the bid price for shares of the company’s common stock has closed at less than $1 for the past 30 consecutive business days, the company said in...