CDC gives full approval to RSV vaccine for people over 60
Jun 29, 2023
Those adults considered most at risk have chronic heart or lung disease, a weakened immune system or live in a long-term care facility.
UPDATED: Diversified Healthcare Trust announces ‘event of default’ on $450 million credit facility
By
Lois A. Bowers
Jun 29, 2023
Diversified Healthcare Trust announced Thursday morning that a “non-monetary event of default” had occurred under its $450 million credit facility.
Tech interventions boost hand hygiene compliance across 2 health systems
By
Alicia Lasek
Jun 28, 2023
Technology that pinpoints missed opportunities and improves accountability helped to substantially improve staff compliance, according to reports presented this week at APIC’s annual conference.
Partnership aims to remove child care as a barrier to senior living work
By
Max Bachmann
Jun 29, 2023
A new partnership hopes to make jobs in senior living and care more attractive to parents currently struggling to find affordable child care that fits their schedule.
Tech takes handwashing tracking to intense, new personal level
By
Aaron Dorman
Jun 28, 2023
A series of thermal sensors in the sink are part of a new system that is able to monitor handwashing compliance and quality all the way down to the individual employee level.
DHC, OPI merger ‘best alternative’ to resolving maturing debt, CEO says
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jun 27, 2023
Diversified Healthcare Trust has not been in compliance with its debt incurrence covenant for more than two years, the Newton, MA-based real estate investment trust disclosed Monday.
Air pollution linked to worse outcomes for COVID-19 patients
Jun 26, 2023
“This article reinforces the evidence that community intervention on air pollution abatement would be a very effective way to protect our population from the impact of COVID-19, with the co-benefit...
HCBS settings final rule ‘not a good fit’ for assisted living, provider group says
By
Lois A. Bowers
Jun 23, 2023
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services home- and community-based services settings final rule is written so broadly that its requirements “run in opposition to person centered planning” for older...
Capital markets continue to be challenged by inflation, interest rates
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jun 23, 2023
The capital markets landscape continued to face headwinds from persistent inflation and rising interest rates throughout the first half of 2023, Berkadia CEO Justin Wheeler said Wednesday during a webinar...
Robo-dentistry? New AI model can identify gingivitis, help seniors’ dental care
By
Aaron Dorman
Jun 22, 2023
A new study tested an AI model’s ability to recognize gingivitis, or gum inflammation, and found that the model identified various symptoms, such as redness and swelling, with 90% accuracy.