Cathy Krege, vice president of clinical solutions and compliance at Provision Living in St. Louis, MO, is a Hall of Honor inductee in the 2024 McKnight’s Women of Distinction awards program.
Game planning emerges for new SNF PPS pay rule
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Jessica R. Towhey
James M. Berklan
Aug 01, 2024
As disapproval about the 2025 skilled nursing Medicare pay rate increase continued to rise Thursday, long-term care providers and their advisors began devising coping strategies for some of the less flashy...
Surprise facility visits touted by NM governor a ‘gotcha’ display, exec claims
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Jessica R. Towhey
Aug 01, 2024
Eleven long-term care facilities in New Mexico obtained a perfect score and 23 more missed a perfect score by one mark during surprise state inspections that took place over a weekend in May.
Alzheimer’s care, quality of life improve with innovative Immersion Room
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Jessica R. Towhey
Aug 01, 2024
A creative new room at a Long Island, NY, nursing home may serve as a model for improving the quality of life and care through non-pharmacological interventions for residents diagnosed with Alzheimer’s...
Also in the News for Friday, August 2, 2024
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James M. Berklan
Aug 01, 2024
Researchers say almost half of dementia cases can be prevented or delayed … Revenge-minded CT man caught with rifle, shotgun planned nursing home attack, suicide by cop … On the Move: Taimur Mirza...
Report names priorities, obstacles in geriatric care
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Kristen Fischer
Aug 01, 2024
A review of 42 existing studies on gerontology and public health pointed out priorities and challenges to promote care for adults as they age.
What happens if biomarker tests spot Alzheimer’s before people show symptoms?
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Kristen Fischer
Aug 01, 2024
As of now, there’s no therapy approved by the United States Food and Drug Administration for asymptomatic people at risk of Alzheimer’s disease. But blood tests that can spot biomarkers linked to the...
Study: Death rate lower than expected in nursing home COVID-19 survivors
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Kristen Fischer
Aug 01, 2024
Older adults in nursing homes who survived a COVID-19 infection during the first wave of the pandemic didn’t have a high death rate in the two years that followed, a new study shows.
Clinical briefs for Friday, August 2
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Kristen Fischer
Aug 01, 2024
Study: People with subjective cognitive decline valued learning amyloid PET scores … Report: Fish oil could help older adults genetically prone to Alzheimer’s … High blood pressure may up womens’...
Meet Lisa King, 2024 Hall of Honor inductee
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Josh Henreckson
Jul 31, 2024
Lisa King, regional vice president at All Ways Caring HomeCare in Louisville, KY, is a Hall of Honor inductee in the 2024 McKnight’s Women of Distinction awards program.