July 1 is standard deadline for McKnight’s Tech Awards
By
Lois A. Bowers
Jun 27, 2024
Monday is the standard deadline for the McKnight’s Excellence in Technology Awards program.
Spending on nursing homes, home care slows year over year
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jun 27, 2024
Between May 2023 and May 2024, overall healthcare costs grew by 3.4%, the fastest increase seen since December 2007, according to Altarum’s monthly Health Sector Economic Indicators brief, released Wednesday.
Skipping tech over price tag an ‘opportunity lost’ for hesitant nursing homes
By
Kimberly Marselas
Jun 26, 2024
While it remains difficult to quantify how investments in technology are paying off, some skilled nursing providers say they are buying into more options because today’s margins don’t afford them missed...
HUD awards millions in ‘green’ funding to 17 affordable senior housing communities
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jun 26, 2024
Seventeen affordable seniors housing properties will receive funding ranging from $2.4 million to $20 million, the Department of Housing and Urban Development announced Tuesday as it makes available a...
Kendal CEO Vassar Byrd discusses Kendal, her previous position and ‘some really fun things’
By
Lois A. Bowers
Jun 24, 2024
New Kendal Corp. CEO Vassar Byrd recently spent a few minutes with McKnight’s Senior Living discussing her professional roles, her love of dragon boat racing, and how the those two worlds could overlap.
Murder charge faces assisted living operator for death of resident
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jun 24, 2024
An operator of several unlicensed assisted living homes in Texas previously charged with abandoning a resident now is facing a murder charge after another resident’s death was ruled a homicide.
Actions & Transactions, June 24
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jun 24, 2024
NJ appoints receiver at two facilities linked to Centers Health Care … Athena sells five nursing homes … Presbyterian Homes’ Moorings of Arlington Heights to add more independent living … Hebrew...
FDA approves Capvaxive pneumococcal 21-valent conjugate vaccine
Jun 21, 2024
Merck says the vaccine covers serotypes responsible for approximately 84% of invasive pneumococcal disease in adults aged 50 or more years.
Researchers implore policymakers to consider assisted living’s ‘unique’ structure before potentially...
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jun 20, 2024
A team of researchers embarking on a four-year study into understanding the characteristics of assisted living communities that are targets for private equity investment — and how those acquisitions...
Less than one-quarter of patients hospitalized for CVD receive dietary counseling
Jun 18, 2024
The findings were seen across hospitalizations for acute myocardial infarction, congestive heart failure and percutaneous coronary intervention.