Lifetime Achievement Award winner Patricia Will answers important questions
Jul 05, 2022
2022 McKnight’s Women of Distinction Lifetime Achievement Award winner shares the words she lives by, the biggest surprise of her career, advice for people considering careers in long-term care,...
Nursing home provider settles COVID-19 vaccine fraud suit for $1.75M, denies allegations
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jul 05, 2022
MorseLife Health System has paid $1.75 million dollars to settle a lawsuit that claimed the nursing home defrauded a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention program. The provider allegedly administered...
Cognitive impairment predicts outcomes for ICU survivors
Jul 01, 2022
Cognitive impairment at hospital discharge was linked to the risk of new physical disability at the six-month follow-up.
Operators less optimistic about operating margins: NIC
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jul 01, 2022
Despite improving occupancy, fewer operators expect operating margins to improve, according to a new National Investment Center for Seniors Housing & Care survey.
Fauci has ‘rebound’ COVID after Paxlovid treatment
Jun 30, 2022
The director of the NIAID says the drug kept him out of the hospital, however.
E-noses promising for diagnosing cancer from exhaled breath
Jun 30, 2022
Electronic noses detect volatile organic compounds in exhaled breath to diagnose cancer.
Overall cardiovascular health score less than optimal for U.S. adults
Jun 29, 2022
Significant differences in mean overall CVH scores were based on Life’s Essential 8 by sex, age and racial/ethnic group.
U.S. begins targeted vaccine rollout against monkeypox
Jun 29, 2022
HHS is rapidly expanding access to hundreds of thousands of doses of the Jynneos vaccine.
FDA panel supports rollout of tweaked booster shots from Moderna, Pfizer this fall
Jun 29, 2022
The advisory panel approval speeds the process by which FDA regulators will push for updated booster formulations.
Three assisted living communities and three other assisted living and skilled nursing providers are among this year’s winners of Silver Achievement in Quality Awards from the American Health Care Association...
