Carrington at Lincolnwood strikes Tech Awards Gold for invisible check-in system
By
Chloe Konrad
Oct 25, 2021
Protection from falling often is high on the needs list of future senior living residents and their families. The Carrington at Lincolnwood, in Illinois senior living community managed by West Bay Senior...
>86 percent of U.S. adults exceed CDRR sodium intake goal
Oct 22, 2021
After adjustment for energy intake, a significant change in usual sodium intake was only observed for adults aged 71 years or older and Mexican American adults.
mRNA Vaccine more effective booster to ChAdOx1 nCoV-19
Oct 22, 2021
“Our study shows a greater risk reduction for people who received an mRNA vaccine after having received a first dose of a vector-based, as compared to people having received the vector-based vaccine...
Disclosures, fire safety, internal systems top challenges as assisted living providers implement new...
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Oct 22, 2021
Disclosures, fire safety requirements and internal systems requirements are the main challenges confronting Minnesota assisted living providers as they continue to work through implementing new industry...
Tech Award Gold goes to Arrow Senior Living for new digital check-in
By
Chloe Konrad
Oct 22, 2021
Getting in and out of buildings: In normal years, this isn’t a task to which most anyone would give a second thought once regulatory issues have been addressed. Because of the COVID-19 pandemic, however,...
Avoid intensification of diabetes meds at discharge in older adults
Oct 21, 2021
For older adults hospitalized with common medical conditions, intensifying diabetes meds at time of discharge shows little benefit.
Increasing dairy intake can cut falls, fractures for seniors
Oct 21, 2021
An intervention to increase calcium and protein intake using dairy foods was beneficial in a study involving older adults who live in long-term care facilities.
3 states could lose ability to enforce workplace safety rules due to not protecting healthcare workers...
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Oct 21, 2021
The Labor Department put three states on notice that they could lose their authority to enforce their own workplace safety rules due to their refusal to adopt federal rules to protect healthcare workers...
Long-term bone loss studied in postmenopausal women
Oct 20, 2021
A lower baseline BMI and a greater increase in BMI appear to be protective against postmenopausal bone loss.
FDA approves first interchangeable biosimilar for inflammatory diseases
Oct 19, 2021
Cyltezo is first interchangeable monoclonal antibody for rheumatoid, psoriatic arthritis, ankylosing spondylitis, Crohn’s disease, ulcerative colitis and chronic plaque psoriasis.