Identifying highest-risk assisted living communities key to tackling next outbreak: report
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
May 22, 2024
The public health response to COVID-19 in assisted living communities in New York highlights the need to identify those communities at highest risk of infectious disease outbreaks to provide necessary...
Addressing senior living caregivers’ childhood trauma improves outcomes for workers, residents: report
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
May 14, 2024
Senior living and care employers can reduce the negative effects of childhood trauma experienced by frontline caregivers by building nurturing relationships and safe workplaces, according to a new report.
Assisted living staff need training to recognize, intervene in resident-to-resident aggression: study
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
May 08, 2024
A high prevalence of resident-to-resident aggression in assisted living communities points to a need for staff member training to recognize the causes of that aggression as well as clearer policy guidance...
Senior living lending weakened by rate pressures, market fears
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Nov 10, 2023
The issuance of new permanent debt for senior living hit a new low during the second quarter, and loan volume for senior living decreased 8% from the first quarter, according to a NIC lending trends report...
‘Misallocation’ of COVID-19 vaccines led to preventable deaths of older adults: study
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Apr 16, 2024
Older adults in New York City may have missed out on timely COVID-19 vaccinations — and possibly died — due to a misallocation of resources that allowed younger adults in wealthy neighborhoods to jump...
State regulations on training, staffing levels affect end-of-life care quality: study
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jun 07, 2023
More specific direct care worker training requirements in assisted living communities may help decrease the number of end-of-life care transitions, and more explicit staffing regulations may increase those...
More news for Tuesday, May 16
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
May 16, 2023
Bipartisan bill would reauthorize federal apprenticeship program … Collaborative announces first healthcare leadership class … Second Atria community facing potential license revocation in a poisoning...
More news for Friday, Aug. 18
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Aug 18, 2023
Satellite campuses a common growth strategy for senior living providers … AI may be the future of senior care … Few older adults may qualify for new Alzheimer’s drugs: study … Family counseling...
More news for Wednesday, May 3
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
May 03, 2023
LeadingAge reiterates call to create a White House Office on Aging Policy … HHS ending COVID-19 vaccine mandate that does not apply to assisted living … Half of nation’s top 20 retirement destinations...
More news for Friday, May 19
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
May 19, 2023
Western diet ID’d as risk factor for Alzheimer’s disease … Sense of purpose promotes cognitive resilience into old age … Genetic links seen for HDL cholesterol, systolic BP with Alzheimer’s disease