Most US adults with type 2 diabetes meet criteria for GLP-RAs, SGLT2is
Feb 28, 2023
More than 82% US adults with type 2 diabetes meet the criteria to be prescribed the drugs, yet only 9% use either of them.
Ride to live, live to ride: Pine Point residents enjoy sunny sidecar trips
By
Joe Bush
Sep 28, 2022
Residents at Pine Point Center in Scarborough, ME, got the opportunity to be wild when recreation director Belinda Bantly set up a day of motorcycle rides earlier this month.
Intrinsic capacity assessments promote healthy aging: study
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Mar 29, 2023
Focusing on older adults’ mental and physical capacities could be more effective than disease management in promoting healthy aging, investigators contend.
Ask the legal expert … about civil rights ruling
By
Norris Cunningham
Feb 01, 2024
I read that there is a class action lawsuit against New York State related to its veterans homes. Is this because of that Supreme Court case from earlier this year?
After losing 11 nursing homes, providers beg lawmakers for major Medicaid hike
By
Jessica R. Towhey
Jan 17, 2023
The closure of 11 nursing homes in Montana over the last two years has spurred some tough conversations and a $2.75 million study on Medicaid rates, but little action.
LTC research hub to bring clinical trials to rural residents
By
Alicia Lasek
Sep 16, 2022
Nursing home operator Principle LTC and Care Access, a research organization, have launched a new research hub in Raleigh, NC, to provide rural residents access to clinical trials.
Interoperability pros predict slow and steady LTC advances
By
John Hall
Sep 11, 2023
Nursing homes continue to slog their way toward the industry standard in computer-to-computer data exchange.
AAPACN regales 25 years at conference April 10-13
By
James M. Berklan
Mar 08, 2024
AAPACN is celebrating its 25th anniversary at its annual conference April 10-13 in Hollywood, FL.
National Institutes of Health scientists this fall discovered new “hypervirulent” multidrug resistant strains of centuries-old Klebsiella pneumoniae, an opportunistic bacterium highly dangerous to...
2023 class of Rising Stars announced for the McKnight’s Women of Distinction awards program
By
Lois A. Bowers
Feb 14, 2023
Sixteen women working in skilled nursing, senior living and home care have been elected to the 2023 Rising Stars class of the McKnight’s Women of Distinction awards.