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Home health earns top scores in key quality reporting measures
By
Adam Healy
Aug 21, 2024
Home health achieved the best results in two quality measures: discharge to community and Medicare spending per beneficiary.
Centenarians say senior living life helps them age
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Aug 28, 2024
Senior living sales and marketing teams could learn a few things from two centenarians who recently talked about life, bucket lists and their secrets to longevity.
Studies highlight increasing dementia deaths, contributing factors to diagnosis and cognitive decline
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Aug 16, 2024
More people are dying from dementia, and location and demographics are among the factors that may contribute to not only a dementia diagnosis, but also to how quickly someone will experience cognitive...
Assisted living affordability, access remain top concerns of older adults
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Aug 15, 2024
The cost of assisted living, home care and nursing home care is the top health-related concern of older adults leading up to the 2024 election, according to the results of a new poll.
Urinary metal levels linked to increased risk for CVD, mortality
Aug 07, 2024
For the mixture of six urinary metals, the adjusted hazard ratio for the interquartile range increase was 1.29 and 1.66 for CVD and mortality.
Variety of digital apps aid mental health symptoms in adults
Jul 22, 2024
The authors say that digital interventions may aid patients waiting for care.
Mediterranean diet may aid mental health in rheumatoid arthritis patients
Jul 23, 2024
Higher diet adherence was tied to lower odds of depression in patients with rheumatoid arthritis.
Medical debt common in adults with depression, anxiety
Jul 22, 2024
Medical debt also was tied to delayed or forgone healthcare.
Prevalence of homebound 22 percent in national Medicare Advantage plan
Aug 12, 2024
Homebound status linked to increased odds of ED visit, inpatient admission, skilled nursing-facility admission, mortality