Bipartisan group pushes for more investment, permanent telehealth for Medicare providers
By
Josh Henreckson
Jul 15, 2024
With a deadline to extend current telehealth reimbursement policies fast approaching, a bipartisan group of policy advocates is calling on legislators to make telehealth a permanent fixture of US healthcare...
‘We can’t wait’: Coalition gets $1.7 million to invest in scalable, transferable CNA workforce...
By
Josh Henreckson
Jul 15, 2024
As the long-term care sector pushes to build workforce pipelines substantial enough to address severe labor shortages, one group is ramping up efforts to make those pipelines more effective.
Also in the News for Tuesday, July 16, 2024
By
Josh Henreckson
Jul 15, 2024
West Virginia to privatize state-owned long-term care facilities … Texas nursing homes left without power, air conditioning in ‘emergency’ following hurricane Beryl … Shifting medication management...
Study: Sicker type 2 diabetics using less medications, but some still struggle with poor glucose control
By
Kristen Fischer
Jul 15, 2024
Older adults with type 2 diabetes and multiple chronic conditions are using less high-risk medications to manage their diabetes, but 1 in 6 of them still didn’t have solid glycemic control, according...
Shifting medication management to family caregivers comes with challenges, study finds
By
Kristen Fischer
Jul 15, 2024
People with mild cognitive impairment (MCI) and dementia, as well as their family caregivers, lean toward keeping those caregivers from managing medications until safety is a concern, a new study shows.
Peripheral neuropathy linked to slow gait speed, lower extremity function among older adults
By
Kristen Fischer
Jul 15, 2024
A new study found that peripheral neuropathy is linked to slow gait and impaired lower extremity performance in older adults with and without diabetes.
Meet Teresa Edge, 2024 Veteran VIP honoree
By
Adam Healy
Jul 15, 2024
Teresa Edge, regional clinical executive at Bedrock Care in Royersford, PA, is a Veteran VIP honoree in the 2024 McKnight’s Women of Distinction awards program.
Meet Addison Wilczak, 2024 Rising Star honoree
By
Foster Stubbs
Jul 15, 2024
Addison Wilczak, vice president of human resources at Ignite Medical Resorts in Park Ridge, IL, is a Rising Star honoree in the 2024 McKnight’s Women of Distinction awards program.
Clinical briefs for Tuesday, June 16
By
Kristen Fischer
Jul 15, 2024
Opinion: Medicare drug pricing rules will delay access to drugs … Study: JAK inhibitors linked to lower age-related macular degeneration risk … This is how sleep affects dementia risk … Geriatric...
Trump shooter worked at nursing home
By
James M. Berklan
Jul 14, 2024
The 20-year-old identified as the shooter who nearly killed former President Donald Trump Saturday evening was a dietary aide at a Pittsburgh-area nursing and rehab facility, authorities said Sunday.