‘Alarming’ legal opinion could be ‘detrimental’ to senior living project financing, leaders say
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Aug 16, 2024
An “alarming” legal opinion affecting a federal loan program popular with senior living and care organizations could have a “detrimental” effect on maintaining senior living communities and other...
ChatGPT provides acceptable answers to half of patient urology questions
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Haymarket Media
Aug 29, 2024
Performance was better for easy versus difficult questions.
Red flag laws prevent suicides
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Haymarket Media
Aug 28, 2024
One life was saved for every 17 extreme risk protection orders to remove guns from people at risk for harming themselves or others.
Amid ‘overwhelming’ data choices, too many high-performing nursing homes still miss out on referrals:...
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Jessica R. Towhey
Aug 13, 2024
Skilled nursing facilities earning the highest PDPM rates aren’t necessarily bringing in the most referrals, a new analysis finds.
Follow-up has improved for AMI, Heart failure hospitalization
Aug 05, 2024
Disparities still persist in follow-up rates, with the largest disparities seen between Black and white patients and Medicaid dual- versus non-dual-eligible.
CDC releases new profile of assisted living residents
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Aug 09, 2024
Residents living in assisted living and other residential care communities in 2022 mostly were female (67%), white (92%) and 85 or older (53%), according to a new report from the Centers for Disease Control...
Government support of dementia caregiving across the continuum important: poll
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Aug 06, 2024
A recent poll of more than 1,000 older adults found they overwhelmingly want the government to support dementia care across the care continuum, including in assisted living settings.
Fewer complications at 18 months seen with post-COVID-19 vaccination myocarditis
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Haymarket Media
Aug 29, 2024
In contrast, post-COVID-19 myocarditis shows outcomes similar to conventional myocarditis.
Technology pilot study to focus on improving resident safety, employee well-being in senior living
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Aug 27, 2024
Improving resident safety and employee well-being in senior living communities and other long-term care residential settings through technology is the goal of research getting underway at the University...
Sensory disabilities tied to worse subsequent mental health in seniors
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Haymarket Media
Aug 28, 2024
Increased risk for low self-rated mental health and loneliness symptoms were seen for older adults with more sensory disabilities.