Vaccination, booster shots remain top strategy in protecting long-term care residents, workers
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Nov 18, 2021
COVID-19 is not done with us. LeadingAge Senior Vice President of Policy Ruth Katz opened Wednesday’s membership update call with news that several states are seeing increasing coronavirus cases. Connecticut,...
Ascension Living parent forms global supply chain joint venture with Australia-based organization
By
Lois A. Bowers
May 03, 2018
St. Louis-based Ascension, the parent company of senior living operator Ascension Living, has formed a global supply chain joint venture with Sydney, Australia-based Ramsay Health Care to try to reduce...
Increase vaccination uptake with focus on ‘movable middle’: report
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Mar 10, 2021
Senior living operators looking to increase staff COVID-19 vaccine uptake should focus their efforts on the “movable middle” by making vaccination easy, building trust in vaccine safety and offering...
Admissions halted after home hides resident in closet during inspection, state says
By
Lois A. Bowers
Oct 23, 2018
The Tennessee Board for Licensing Health Care Facilities has prohibited a residential home for the aged from admitting new residents after a worker allegedly tried to hide a resident in a closet during...
A welcome change
By
John Andrews
Jun 01, 2015
When the renovation team first assessed the scope of the job they were about to undertake at the 20-year-old Fort Stockton Nursing Center, the first things they noticed were that the nursing station was...
MedPAC recommendations could deal a blow to vulnerable partial dual eligibles
By
Diane Eastabrook
Jun 18, 2021
The most vulnerable people could be adversely affected by the Medicare Payment Advisory Committee’s (MedPac) recent recommendation to change the benchmark policy for growing Medicare Advantage (MA) plans....
People in the news, Dec. 21
By
Caroline Szachnowski
Dec 21, 2021
Appointments, promotions and other news at Brookdale Senior Living, CareTrust REIT, Cypress Cove, Juniper Communities, Life Care Services, Morning Pointe Senior Living, Pegasus Senior Living, Springpoint,...
Artificial intelligence, MRI combination achieves 94% accuracy in predicting dementia
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Dec 09, 2021
A form of artificial intelligence combined with MRI scans of the brain predicted with 94% accuracy whether individuals with a specific type of early memory loss would go on to develop Alzheimer’s diseases...
Caregiver retention strategies that work
By
Levi Pavlovsky
Mar 11, 2021
Before we can develop strategies to keep caregivers in the home care field, we need to understand why they are leaving.
Integrating housing and healthcare to stimulate move-ins and margins
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Oct 27, 2023
CHICAGO — For decades, the senior housing industry catered to the business of wants, building on lessons from the hospitality industry in offering comfort, ease and fun. But only 10% of Americans have...