There’s a productive way for providers to shift the conversation to get older adults to consider senior living.
Senior living less expensive than living at home for those who receive home healthcare
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Sep 18, 2024
The cost of living in a home in the greater community can easily exceed the cost of living in a senior living community for older adults using even a modest level of home healthcare, according to a new...
Many Americans wary of vaccines as fall flu, COVID season looms: Survey
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Haymarket Media
Sep 12, 2024
“Older adults, people with certain chronic medical conditions and those who are pregnant are especially at risk during respiratory virus season,” said Nora Colburn, MD, MPH, medical director of clinical...
Outdoor nighttime light exposure linked to prevalence of Alzheimer’s disease
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Haymarket Media
Sep 06, 2024
Nighttime light exposure was more strongly linked to AD prevalence than any other disease factor among those younger than 65 years.
Growing demand for direct care workers underscores pressing need to invest in job quality: PHI
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Sep 04, 2024
The direct care workforce serving residents in assisted living communities and other residential care settings has fluctuated in the past several years, struggling not only to return to pre-pandemic levels...
Is Eli Lilly using ‘granfluencers’ to raise awareness of its Alzheimer’s med?
By
Marc Iskowitz
Sep 04, 2024
Here’s why older internet celebs — granfluencers — soon might be making rounds on the Alzheimer’s drug marketing scene.
Incidence of mental illness up after COVID-19 in unvaccinated people
Aug 23, 2024
Incidence of mental illness was lower in vaccinated cohort compared with pre-vaccine availability and unvaccinated cohorts.
Studies highlight increasing dementia deaths, contributing factors to diagnosis and cognitive decline
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Aug 16, 2024
More people are dying from dementia, and location and demographics are among the factors that may contribute to not only a dementia diagnosis, but also to how quickly someone will experience cognitive...
Routine clinical laboratory measures are not biomarkers of long COVID
Aug 13, 2024
No meaningful differences in mean laboratory values were seen between those with a PASC index of 12 or higher versus 0.
Building a ‘destination workplace’ in long-term care requires diverse investments, active listening...
By
Josh Henreckson
Jun 28, 2024
Faced with today’s complex array of financial, staffing and regulatory challenges, senior living and other long-term care providers across the care continuum must rely on an equally broad range of solutions,...