Next Brookdale CEO talks turnaround after company rejects takeover bid
By
Lois A. Bowers
Feb 23, 2018
As Lucinda “Cindy” Baier prepares to lead Brookdale Senior Living, the company’s short-term turnaround plans include selling 30 communities, cutting $25 million in general and administrative...
Senior living wages finally stabilizing across core clinical roles: expert
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Aug 06, 2024
For the first time in at least three years, wage growth is stabilizing across the core clinical roles in senior living, according to one expert.
Brookdale Senior Living, CareTrust REIT and Ventas presented their first-quarter earnings reports to investors on Friday.
Infrastructure, data analytics popular tech investments among long-term care providers
By
Lois A. Bowers
Jul 26, 2024
Infrastructure for internet connectivity was the most common technology investment made over the past year by long-term care operators responding to a new survey, and data analytics tools were the most...
Severity of COVID-19 reinfection linked to severity of initial infection
Jul 18, 2024
Individuals who experienced severe initial and first reinfection were older in age and had a higher mortality risk.
Postexposure prophylaxis with nirmatrelvir-ritonavir does not cut COVID-19 Infection
Jul 18, 2024
No significant reduction was seen in the risk for symptomatic SARS-CoV-2 infection with postexposure prophylaxis for five or 10 days.
IDSA: A. baumannii, C. auris common for recipients of mechanical ventilation
Oct 19, 2023
A. baumannii, CRAB and C. auris colonization was more likely among residents ad patients in long-term care facilities than acute care hospitals.
COVID-19 tied to higher risk for new, worsening bladder symptoms
Nov 07, 2022
Symptomatic infection tied to three times greater risk for developing new or worsening overactive bladder symptoms
Food allergy tied to lower risk for SARS-CoV-2 infection
Jun 09, 2022
Asthma does not raise the risk for infection or household transmission.
Report quantifies misdiagnosis of dangerous diseases in the United States
Jul 25, 2023
Total serious harms were extrapolated to affect 795,000 in the US, with 15 dangerous diseases accounting for half of the serious harms.