Bipartisan bill would ease long-term care workforce shortage, advocates say, but ‘there’s more to...
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Oct 04, 2024
Legislation introduced last week by Reps. James Comer (R-KY) and Morgan McGarvey (D-NY) aims to boost the nation’s shortage of nurses, nurse aides and other healthcare professionals.
HUD invests millions to modernize affordable senior housing
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Oct 04, 2024
The Department of Housing and Urban Development is providing millions of dollars to support energy efficiency and climate resilience improvements in affordable senior housing.
Incident stroke tied to acute, accelerated long-term cognitive decline
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HealthDay News
Oct 03, 2024
A substantial acute decline was seen in global cognition and all cognitive domains; an accelerated decline also was seen in global cognition.
Progress was reversed due to an increase in mortality from external causes and stagnation for cardiovascular diseases.
Impact of dockworker strike on medicine, medical device supply currently assessed as ‘limited’
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Oct 03, 2024
Supply chains could be disrupted by striking dockworkers at the country’s East Coast and Gulf Coast seaboards, but the Department of Health and Human Services said Monday that preliminary assessments...
Industry veterans launch tech-driven culinary services company, Restaura
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Oct 02, 2024
Phoenix3 Holdings, which partners to invest in lifestyle and integrated service companies, has launched Boston-based Restaura Hospitality Group. The company will partner with senior living communities...
Healthcare Trust completes management internalization, rebrands as National Healthcare Properties
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Oct 01, 2024
Healthcare Trust Inc. has completed the previously announced internalization of management functions, the New York-based real estate investment trust said Monday.
Event-free survival extended with long-term finerenone in heart failure
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HealthDay News
Sep 30, 2024
For every starting age between 50 and 80 years, the projected mean event-free survival was numerically greater with finerenone versus placebo.
Cluster of 8 possible human bird flu cases now reported in Missouri
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HealthDay News
Sep 30, 2024
If cases of bird flu among these healthcare workers are confirmed with antibody testing, it could mean the virus may be starting to spread among humans. Worldwide, most cases have come from close contact...
More than ADLs: Assisted living now is about treatment, Silverado CEO says
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Lois A. Bowers
Sep 30, 2024
Assisted living is a “whole different world” compared with 28 years ago, Silverado CEO Loren Shook told those attending a session at the National Investment Center for Seniors Housing & Care’s...