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Tweaks to assisted living regs highlighted in state programs that link housing and LTSS
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Alicia Lasek
Nov 02, 2022
The AARP Public Policy Institute is spotlighting three state programs that it says proactively link community-based long-term services and supports beneficiaries to both housing and services. Two of these...
Feds’ antipsychotic drug reduction efforts in assisted living fail to produce success seen in nursing...
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Alicia Lasek
Aug 23, 2022
A federal initiative to reduce antipsychotic prescribing in long-term care facilities failed to impact prescriptions in assisted living residents with dementia, the first study of its kind has found.
Dementia costs jump 31 percent in a decade, with care needs expected to grow
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Alicia Lasek
Nov 02, 2022
Despite progress in risk reduction, testing and treatment, the costs of dementia care in the United States continue to rise alongside dementia prevalence, putting the onus on healthcare providers and other...
Assisted living residents with dementia had higher all-cause mortality during pandemic
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Alicia Lasek
Aug 11, 2022
Assisted living residents with dementia were more likely to die from any cause in the early months of the pandemic than assisted living residents without dementia, a new study has found.
Women’s retirement security undercut by pandemic job disruption, caregiving tasks and debt: survey
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Alicia Lasek
Nov 18, 2022
As they emerge from the pandemic, women are facing a heavy burden of retirement insecurity due to societal factors that include a persistent gender pay gap, time out of the workforce for caregiving, and...