States with nursing home direct-care spending rules grapple with complex costs
By
Josh Henreckson
May 23, 2024
At a time when staffing and funding regulations for nursing homes are ramping up at both the state and federal levels, one state is reconsidering its demands on long-term care spending.
‘Best’ federal payment update not enough ahead of looming staff costs: expert
By
Kimberly Marselas
May 23, 2024
A proposed pay increase for nursing home operators may be one of the best in recent memory, but it won’t adequately prepare the sector for implementation of the federal staffing mandate, one of the sector’s...
Health system shuts door on case affirming right to spend nursing home pay on other service lines
By
Kimberly Marselas
May 23, 2024
A health system has resolved the final allegation in a 12-year-old False Claims case over how it spent its nursing home proceeds, months after a federal appeals court ordered the case dismissed.
Also in the News for Thursday, May 23, 2024
By
Kimberly Marselas
May 23, 2024
CMS updates standards determining spousal impoverishment … Another Maine nursing home closing, amounting to 40% bed loss over two-plus decades … Michigan woman accused of pretending to be a nurse at...
Ultra-processed foods linked to cognitive decline, stroke
By
Kristen Fischer
May 22, 2024
Ultra-processed foods — think cookies, chips and soda — are tied to cognitive decline and stroke, a new report finds.
Improvements in socioeconomic status associated with dementia-free years over lifespan, study finds
By
Kristen Fischer
May 22, 2024
A downward socioeconomic status change was associated with the highest loss of dementia-free years in people 75 years old and up. By contrast, improvements in socioeconomic status during life were linked...
Study: Cognitive problems are at play when people stop driving
By
Kristen Fischer
May 22, 2024
Women, those with cognitive impairment and those who did worse on cognitive tests were more likely to stop driving, a new study shows. Additionally, the amount of amyloid plaques and tau tangles people...
Clinical briefs for Thursday, May 23
By
Kristen Fischer
May 22, 2024
Trial eyes RNA’s role in Alzheimer’s disease … Report: Coating around medical implants can stop scar tissue from growing … After hip replacement, here’s what to expect from rehab … Low-fat...
Study: Geriatric consults used in trauma hospital visits tied to higher rates of discharge to SNFs
By
Kristen Fischer
May 21, 2024
Using geriatrics consultations for hospitalized older adults admitted for a trauma is associated with lower death and hospital readmissions. But data also showed the consultations are linked to longer...
Receiving annual flu shots doesn’t weaken the vaccine’s effects, study shows
By
Kristen Fischer
May 21, 2024
The protective effect of annual flu vaccines does not erode when older adults receive flu shots every year, a new study published in Vaccine shows.