States increase efforts to draw workers to healthcare
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jul 03, 2024
Multiple states are taking efforts to build the healthcare workforce with training and certification programs.
Business briefs, July 3
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jul 03, 2024
White House allocates $206M to train physicians in geriatric care … $85M in HUD funding announced at HumanGood-hosted event … Washington becomes most recent state to implement new labor laws
Actions & Transactions, July 3
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jul 03, 2024
Dwight Mortgage Trust provides $14M bridge acquisition loan for 10-SNF portfolio in Southeast … Benchmark’s Arbors at Shelburne completes ‘significant renovation’ … Blueprint advises on sale...
FDA approves new drug to treat Alzheimer’s
Jul 02, 2024
In clinical trials, donanemab (Kisunla) modestly slowed the pace of thinking declines among patients in the early stages of the memory-robbing disease. But it also carried significant safety risks, including...
US government to pay Moderna $176 million to develop mRNA flu vaccine
Jul 02, 2024
Such a vaccine could be used to treat bird flu in people, as concern grows about H5N1 cases spreading in dairy cows across the country, the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) noted.
Arizona AG secures second win against use of ‘secrecy clauses’ in senior living arbitration agreements
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jul 02, 2024
The use of so-called “secrecy clauses” in assisted living and nursing home arbitration agreements hit another snag after Arizona’s top attorney announced a second settlement affecting dozens of long-term...
Retirement savings rates set new records, Vanguard says
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jul 02, 2024
Americans are paying into retirement savings at a record rate, according to Valley Forge, PA-based Vanguard. That could be good news for senior living providers down the road.
Older adults’ home equity tops $13 trillion in first quarter
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jul 02, 2024
Homeowners aged 62 or more years saw their housing equity grow by $328.5 billion in the first quarter, according to data released Friday by the National Reverse Mortgage Lenders Association.
American Diabetes Association, June 21-24
Jul 01, 2024
The annual meeting of the American Diabetes Association was held this year from June 21 to 24 in Orlando, Florida, drawing more than 15,000 participants from around the world, including clinicians, academicians,...
Emergence of psychosis in Alzheimer’s disease linked to elevations in p-tau181
Jul 01, 2024
An increase in plasma p-tau181 levels was seen in patients with incident psychosis over follow-up versus those with psychosis at baseline.