Most of the money will go toward programs that expand treatment for addiction, provide overdose antidotes and support prevention efforts.
Hello Heart, goodbye blood pressure? Mobile app monitoring has ‘overwhelming’ benefit for seniors:...
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Aaron Dorman
Mar 25, 2024
A smartphone app, Hello Heart, has shown overwhelming promise in being able to reduce blood pressure among seniors, a new report showed.
Paxlovid soon will not be free for Americans
Dec 07, 2022
At this point, about 6 million Americans have taken free Paxlovid doses.
Merger with OPI still ‘best path’ for DHC, top exec says
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jul 28, 2023
A proposed merger with Office Properties Income Trust is the “best path for long-term value preservation” for Newton, MA-based Diversified Healthcare Trust, DHC’s President and CEO Jennifer Francis...
New humanoid robot literally takes a weight off LTC caregiver burden
By
Aaron Dorman
Jul 17, 2023
One hundred models of a new robot that can lift its own weight, more than 110 pounds, will be produced by the end of the year.
CCRC pivots with marketing during pandemic, now fully reserved 10 months before opening
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jan 26, 2023
Location and creative marketing are proving to be secrets to early success for The Baldwin, a continuing care retirement community under construction in Londonderry, NH. The community is fully reserved...
Dementia testing: Older adults see value, but few have undergone it
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jul 24, 2023
The majority of older adults see benefit in dementia screening tests, but most have not been tested in the past year, and a majority never have been screened, according to the results of a new poll.
New advisory committee will ‘explore’ future tech challenges in senior living
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Aaron Dorman
Dec 21, 2023
One senior living tech provider is forming a new advisory committee to help provide feedback on best practices and future technology needs.
Meet Ben Unkle, 2023 McKnight’s Pinnacle Awards ‘Agent of Change’ honoree
By
Kimberly Hartley
Apr 19, 2023
J. Benjamin “Ben” Unkle, CEO and president, Westminster-Canterbury on Chesapeake Bay, has been named an Agent of Change in the McKnight’s Pinnacle Awards.