Military spouses now can live in Florida senior living and care facilities for veterans … CARMEN the robot helps people with mild cognitive impairment live independently … Resident sues residential...
Mortality, hospice use rates differ in assisted living communities depending on whether memory care is...
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Apr 04, 2024
Assisted living communities that provide memory care services may attract residents closer to the end of life or promote hospice use at the end of life compared with assisted living communities without...
More news for Wednesday, Jan. 24
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jan 24, 2024
CMS: Expect final nursing home staffing rule this year … Johns Hopkins identifies opportunities for strengthening direct care workforce … University of Buffalo to invest $4M in aging research as...
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Apr 19, 2024
Land & Buildings asks fellow shareholders to vote against 2 incumbent NHI directors … Experts: Mind these 4 health and safety focus areas … CMS vows greater support for family caregivers on anniversary...
‘Great confirmation’ — most assisted living residents satisfied in Texas
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jun 05, 2024
A report on the state of Texas’ assisted living communities found areas for improvement, but overall, residents said they were satisfied with the quality of their communities, including their ability...
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jan 22, 2024
Boosting CNA workforce is focus of state association campaign … Tracking conditions in older adults may help ID those at risk of cognitive impairment … Hackers stole $7.5M from HHS, leaving grant recipients...
Arizona AG secures second win against use of ‘secrecy clauses’ in senior living arbitration agreements
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jul 02, 2024
The use of so-called “secrecy clauses” in assisted living and nursing home arbitration agreements hit another snag after Arizona’s top attorney announced a second settlement affecting dozens of long-term...
Master plan on aging fails to ensure ‘robust’ long-term care continuum that includes senior living,...
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jun 10, 2024
Pennsylvania’s master plan on aging, although well-intended, focuses most of its attention on home care and community services and falls short of ensuring a “robust” long-term care continuum for...
Provider faces lawsuit over resident’s freezing death as assisted living industry finds itself on the...
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jan 25, 2024
The family of a woman with dementia who wandered outside of her memory care unit and froze to death is suing the community for negligence in failing to prevent her death.
More news for Wednesday, Jan. 3
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jan 03, 2024
State says lack of water, medications led to assisted living resident death … Medication tampering allegations launch investigation of CA assisted living provider … Senior living residents push city...