Report: Pricing, sales activity declines could come in 2016
By
Lois A. Bowers
Jan 12, 2016
Concerns related to overbuilding could lead to declines in pricing and sales activity in some senior housing markets in 2016, predicts Integra Realty Resources.
EEOC aims to strengthen protections for temporary, older and LGBTQ+ workers
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jan 13, 2023
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission will increase its focus on protecting people with disabilities, older workers, LGBTQ+ individuals and temporary workers over the next five years, according to...
Million hearts model cuts five-year heart attack, stroke risk in at-risk patients
Oct 18, 2023
Improved outcomes were seen, with no significant changes in Medicare spending.
UnitedHealth Group posts $1.2B loss related to Change Healthcare cyberattacks
By
Adam Healy
Apr 19, 2024
As Change Healthcare reels from ongoing cybersecurity breaches, UnitedHealth Group executives reassured stakeholders.
Wages increase 5 to 6 percent for assisted living direct care workers
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jan 26, 2024
Average wages for assisted living direct care workers — certified nursing assistants, registered nurses, licensed practical nurse, medication aides and resident assistants — have increased by 5% to...
Most think caregivers have ‘no promising way to develop or ascend’ career ladder, survey finds
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Apr 26, 2023
Most Americans do not view a caregiving career as a path to personal fulfillment, according to a report from the nonprofit think tank FrameWorks Institute.
To attract home care employees, treat them like healthcare workers, expert says
By
Diane Eastabrook
Mar 31, 2021
The pandemic highlighted the numerous challenges the home care industry faces as the U.S. population ages, Robert Espinoza, PHI vice president of policy for the nonprofit PHI, which tracks the direct care...
Uber Caregiver launches insurance-covered service for older adults
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
May 21, 2024
Older adults may now be able to use their health plans to pay for rides to medical appointments and delivery of groceries through a new Uber Caregiver program being launched this summer.
Wearable gyroscope glove gets a grip on Parkinson’s tremors
By
Aaron Dorman
Jan 12, 2024
A new wearable glove prototype uses gyroscope technology to help address tremors in people living with Parkinson’s and others with similar symptoms.
FDA approves a new flu drug for first time in almost 20 years
By
Lois A. Bowers
Oct 30, 2018
The FDA’s approval of a new flu treatment preceded the release of independent study results indicating that only 41% of U.S. older adults have been vaccinated this year. Antiviral drugs are not a...