Legislative committee considers locating child care centers in nursing homes
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Sep 27, 2023
Child care centers could be located in nursing homes under a proposal discussed Monday by the South Dakota Study Committee on Sustainable Models for Long Term Care.
Nursing home could lose license over CPR and COVID-related allegations
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Feb 16, 2022
A New Jersey nursing home is barred from accepting new admissions and is at risk of losing its state license following allegations of understaffing and resident abuse and neglect, NBC News reported.
Nursing homes report 18,000 job losses in June, but May was worse
By
Amy Novotney
Jul 06, 2020
Although the healthcare sector overall saw a rebound in jobs in June, nursing homes and other residential care settings continued to see job losses last month. That’s according to monthly job numbers...
Study maps ‘home time’ for Medicare beneficiaries in assisted living communities
By
Kristen Fischer
Dec 21, 2023
A new study gives more insight into how much time older people in assisted living spend in and out of the setting.
Muni bond defaults most likely to occur in senior living, skilled nursing, survey finds
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jan 09, 2024
Yields may have peaked in 2023 for municipal bonds, with defaults this year most likely to happen in senior living and skilled nursing, according to the results of a recent survey published by Hilltop...
~40 percent with confirmed COVID-19 are asymptomatic
Dec 14, 2021
The pooled percentage of asymptomatic infections was higher in nursing home residents and staff, air and cruise travelers, and pregnant women.
mRNA COVID-19 vaccine effectiveness lower during delta strain era
Aug 20, 2021
Adjusted effectiveness was 53.1% against infection in nursing home residents during the period when delta strain was predominant.
Assisted living affects nursing home finances but not occupancy: study
By
Lois A. Bowers
Sep 17, 2018
Although the presence of assisted living communities may create competitive pressures that affect the nursing home finances, it does not have a significant negative effect on nursing home occupancy, according...
McKnight’s Fall Online Expo to return Sept. 18
Sep 05, 2019
Participants will be able to earn up to three continuing education credits.
Demand patterns reverse course for skilled nursing
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
May 17, 2022
After reaching dramatic lows during the pandemic, demand patterns for skilled nursing have reversed over the past year, according to the National Investment Center for Seniors Housing & Care.