Senior living and care represented among Inc. 5000 fastest-growing private companies
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Aug 14, 2024
Numerous senior living and care-related companies made the 2024 Inc. 5000 list of America’s fastest-growing private companies, released Tuesday.
CDC presents provisional mortality data for 2023 in the United States
Aug 08, 2024
The number of deaths from COVID-19 was 68.9% lower than in 2022.
How a growing nursing home company relies on superstar adopters to bust through tech barriers
By
Kimberly Marselas
Aug 07, 2024
At a time when many US nursing home staff express frustration with new burdens technology can bring, Mission Health is leaning in.
Researcher eyes assisted living as base for testing AI-powered dementia screening technology
By
Adam Healy
Aug 15, 2024
Growing enrollment in Medicare Advantage shows no signs of slowing down, according to a new analysis by KFF.
Residents layer lots of lasagna for hungry neighbors
By
Foster Stubbs
Aug 21, 2024
Amy Hewes saw an opportunity for her residents to fight hunger in the Lake Ridge area through a collaboration with Lasagna Love after learning about it on Facebook. Read more and learn how to submit your...
Electric bandage shows promise in speeding up chronic wound healing
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Staff reports
Aug 16, 2024
Researchers have introduced a water-powered electric bandage designed to accelerate the healing process. This new technology, tested in animal models, showed a 30% improvement in healing speed compared...
Senior living and care leads record-breaking distress in healthcare sector bankruptcy filings
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Aug 14, 2024
Distress levels in healthcare, as measured by the number of bankruptcy filings, had another record-breaking quarter, led by the senior living and care sector, according to the latest Polsinelli-TrBK Distress...
FDA starts Phase II of efforts to reduce salt levels in food
Aug 15, 2024
The new targets support reaching a recommended daily sodium intake limit of 2,750 mg per day per person.
Personalized health coaching may improve cognition, lower dementia risk in high-risk older adults
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Aug 13, 2024
Personalized dementia risk reduction intervention plans improved cognition and reduced dementia risk among high-risk older adults in a study detailed recently in JAMA Internal Medicine.
Alzheimer’s prognosis models should expand data sources
By
Kristen Fischer
Aug 12, 2024
Integrating data from nursing home electronic health records (EHRs) and claims in addition to the minimum data set (MDS) — data required for nursing home residents — could be better than just relying...