Ruth Katz, incoming president and CEO at Association of Jewish Aging Services in Rockville, MD, is a Hall of Honor inductee in the 2024 McKnight’s Women of Distinction awards program.
New SNF payment rule met with ‘disgust,’ complaints of ‘overreach’
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James M. Berklan
Jul 31, 2024
Critics wasted little time expressing their displeasure with the government’s final nursing home payment rule for fiscal 2025 after it was released late Wednesday afternoon.
TN nursing home found not liable in COVID death case, continuing a trend
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John Roszkowski
Jul 31, 2024
In a ruling that could have implications for other long-term care providers facing COVID-related liability cases, a jury has cleared a Tennessee nursing home of responsibility in the death of a patient...
$5 million grant expands nurse aides’ growth and Oklahoma Dementia Care Network
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Jessica R. Towhey
Jul 31, 2024
A second round of federal grant funding to the University of Oklahoma will allow the school to expand its work with rural and tribal nursing home employees caring for residents diagnosed with dementia.
Also in the News for Thursday, Aug. 1, 2024
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James M. Berklan
Jul 31, 2024
Guardian Healthcare seeks Chapter 11 bankruptcy … Hospice providers get 2.9% pay raise from CMS … Most older adults, who are among the most vulnerable, haven’t gotten RSV vaccine yet as long season...
This nursing home is one cool place — and their neighbors thank them for it
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Foster Stubbs
Jul 31, 2024
The dog days of summer in Manhattan can be especially sweltering, so with temperatures climbing into the 90s in New York City’s Washington Heights, the MJHS Isabella Center for Rehab and Nursing Care...
Leqembi’s benefits continue to improve with longer use, study finds
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Kristen Fischer
Jul 31, 2024
People with early-stage Alzheimer’s disease who take Leqembi can experience more benefits if they stay on it for three years, a new study shows.
Dementia panel adds vision loss, high cholesterol to list of modifiable risk factors
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Kristen Fischer
Jul 31, 2024
The 2024 Lancet commission has added vision loss and high cholesterol to the existing 12 modifiable risk factors for dementia, in a new update.
BREAKING: CMS increases abilities to fine nursing homes, hikes Medicare pay by 4.2 percent
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James M. Berklan
Jul 31, 2024
Nursing homes will be getting a 4.2% Medicare Part A pay raise under the fiscal 2025 final pay rule issued Wednesday. Providers also will be facing a more aggressive fines system.
Taimur Mirza, MD, named chief medical officer at ArchCare
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Eliza Mattson
Jul 31, 2024
Taimur Mirza, MD, has been promoted to chief medical officer at ArchCare following the retirement of Walid Michelen, MD, from the position.