**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.
Seniors with coronavirus may seem ‘off’
By
Liza Berger
Jun 01, 2020
Seniors do not display the same symptoms of the novel coronavirus as others who have it, doctors have found.
Guidance on device-caused ulcers coming
By
Kimberly Marselas
Aug 01, 2019
Global experts seeking to reduce the risk of medical device-related pressure injuries and influence the design of new prevention technologies will issue their first consensus document this fall.
PointClickCare corners exclusive platinum sponsorship for Women of Distinction program
By
Elizabeth Newman
Jan 29, 2019
PointClickCare has secured the rights to the platinum sponsorship, the top tier of support, for the McKnight’s Women of Distinction program.
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.
Bertlesmann buys Relias Learning
Oct 28, 2014
Bertelsmann, a media company based in Germany, said last week it is buying Relias Learning from its current owners, Vista Equity Partners and LLR Partners.