Study results for knee osteoarthritis show promise
Dec 20, 2016
Centrexion Therapeutics has announced “positive statistically significant topline results” from its Phase 2b study of CNTX-4975 for people with chronic moderate-to-severe pain from knee osteoarthritis,...
To fight dementia, learn a new language
By
Elizabeth Newman
Dec 01, 2013
People who speak more than one language tend to develop dementia up to five years later than those who are monolingual, new research reveals.
Nursing home group criticizes proposed painkiller dispensing legislation
Sep 19, 2011
Newly proposed legislation aimed at easing painkiller-dispensing regulations in nursing homes is being loudly condemned by the American Health Care Association.
Court: Mental incapacitation not a factor in signing nursing home arbitration agreement
Jun 23, 2011
A Kentucky federal court ruled Monday that an arbitration agreement signed by a nursing home resident is enforceable, even though the 74-year-old woman said she suffered from a major mental disorder.
**UPDATED** New CMS guidance consolidates five infection control F-tags into one
Jul 23, 2009
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services recently released final changes regarding certain guidance governing infection control in long-term care facilities. The formal effective date for the revised...
World Health Organization warns of flu pandemic
May 09, 2008
If you thought this last flu season was bad, you may be in for a shock. Experts from the World Health Organization said this week that the threat of a global influenza outbreak is as real as ever, despite...
Sunrise makes $71 million deal to acquire hospice provider
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Haymarket Media
Aug 03, 2006
Sunrise Senior Living Inc. has announced it will acquire Trinity Hospice Inc., marking the company’s entry into the fast-growing hospice care industry.
**SPECIAL UPDATE** Beverly sold to North American Senior Care for $1.9 billion
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Haymarket Media
Aug 17, 2005
Nursing home giant Beverly Enterprises Inc. announced this morning that it had agreed to be bought by North American Senior Care for $1.9 billion in cash.
Immigration order ‘chilling,’ groups say
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Mar 05, 2017
President Donald Trump’s executive order in January aimed at curtailing immigration raised red flags for at least two medical associations specializing in eldercare.
Grant preparation costs $270K, nursing researchers estimate
Oct 13, 2015
Nursing researchers may spend up to four 40-hour weeks and more than $270,000 in costs preparing for a single National Institutes of Health grant application, a new study shows.