CMS vows to move forward with staffing proposal ‘soon’ despite ‘inconclusive’ research … House committee asks DOJ about COVID relief fraud … $2.4K American Parkinson Disease Association grant...
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Feb 02, 2023
Man with ties to senior living industry now in US custody over Haitian president assassination plot … Program aims to expand, diversify aging studies research workforce … Parkinsons’ Foundation expands...
Natural environments may cut hospitalization for patients with neurodegenerative diseases
Dec 30, 2022
The normalized difference vegetation index was negatively associated with hospitalization for Alzheimer’s disease and related dementia as well as Parkinson’s disease.
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Mar 18, 2022
OIG: NY state’s monitoring systems insufficient to ensure assisted living program provider compliance … U.S. long-term care communities to provide job training, relocation assistance to Ukrainian refugees...
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Aug 30, 2019
1 year later: An update on the Welltower-ProMedica partnership … New York Times opinion piece says assisted living is “how not to grow old in America” … Drinking coffee may ease tremors in...
Senate Appropriations Committee approves $164 billion funding bill
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Lois A. Bowers
Jun 09, 2016
The Senate Appropriations Committee approved a $163.8 billion health and education funding bill Thursday that increases monies for medical research and the fight against opioid abuse, among other areas,...
3 new dementia studies of note
Oct 27, 2015
New research quantifies costs associated with dementia care compared with other diseases and offers a little good news for those with Lewy body dementia or Alzheimer’s disease.