CCRC operator ups its green community game with culinary initiatives
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Dec 04, 2023
A Maryland-based continuing care retirement / life plan community operator is moving its green initiatives into the kitchen in an effort to reduce food waste and lower its carbon footprint.
State, feds take steps to ensure rights for LBGTQ+ seniors, workers
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Dec 04, 2023
New York state and the federal government took steps last week to protect rights for members of the LBGTQ+ community — both those living in long-term care and employed in the workplace at large.
Business briefs, Dec. 4
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Dec 04, 2023
Congressional lawmakers consider competing bills with differing views on union rights … What a Cigna-Humana deal would mean … This state is facing a massive nursing home worker shortfall by 2026 …...
Amid salmonella outbreak, consumers should avoid unknown brands of cantaloupe
Dec 01, 2023
The CDC said it “is concerned about this outbreak because illnesses are severe … and people in long-term care facilities … have gotten sick.”
Four JAK inhibitors have comparable efficacy, safety for RA
Dec 01, 2023
Baseline CRP, Clinical Disease Activity Index and glucocorticoid dose predict resistance to CDAI-low disease activity achievement.
Report: Alternative approaches to senior living, LTSS needed for growing older adult population
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Dec 01, 2023
Only 13% of adults aged 75 or more years who are living alone across 97 US metro areas can afford to move into an assisted living community without starting to cash in their assets, according to “Housing...
HCBS gap analysis should avoid ‘Hunger Games’ scenario, expert says
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Dec 01, 2023
As the state of New Hampshire embarks on a gap analysis of its home- and community-based services system, one senior living organization leader is cautioning against a “Hunger Games” scenario that...
Carlton Senior Living use of Alexa leads to Gold in Innovator of the Year category
By
Foster Stubbs
Dec 01, 2023
Carlton Senior Living was awarded Gold in the Innovator of the Year category of the Senior Living track of the 2023 McKnight’s Excellence in Technology Awards.
72 percent of consumers hold off on paying healthcare bills: survey
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Dec 01, 2023
Seventy-two percent of consumers do not pay their healthcare bills immediately, according to the results of a survey by AccessOne, a provider of consumer-centric patient payment tools and financing options....
Improvements in cardiometabolic outcomes seen with healthy vegan diet
Nov 30, 2023
Twins randomly assigned to healthy vegan diet have significant decreases in LDL cholesterol concentration, fasting insulin and body weight.