Aphasia awareness: Promoting an abilities-based approach to stroke rehabilitation
By
Renee Kinder
Jun 20, 2024
June marks Aphasia Awareness Month, a time dedicated to raising awareness about aphasia, a language disorder that affects communication abilities following brain damage, often due to stroke. Aphasia...
How AI could open doors to better care, smoother long-term care operations
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jun 30, 2024
Aging services organizations already are using artificial intelligence, whether or not they realize it.
Meet Carol Gordon, 2024 Spirit Award winner
By
Adam Healy
Jun 28, 2024
Carol Gordon, resident care associate at The Village at Willow Crossings in Waltham, MA, is a Spirit Award winner in the 2024 McKnight’s Women of Distinction awards program.
The perpetrators of a $900 million healthcare scam targeted nursing homes and other facilities where seniors lived, looking for Medicare patients whom they could dupe into receiving expensive wound care...
Providers express support for MA prior authorization reform bill
By
Donna Shryer
Jun 16, 2024
Nursing home and senior living providers on Friday praised the newly introduced Improving Seniors’ Timely Access to Care Act, which would address the longstanding issue of prior authorization required...
Study: Hypertension emerges as most common modifiable risk factor for dementia globally
By
Kristen Fischer
Jun 26, 2024
Hypertension is now the top dementia risk factor. That compares to past years when smoking or less education were the leading risk factors, a new study finds.
Monday is the standard deadline for McKnight’s Tech Awards
By
Lois A. Bowers
Jun 26, 2024
Monday is the standard deadline for entries for the McKnight’s Excellence in Technology Awards program.
Amazon expands mail-order subscriptions to Prime members on Medicare
By
Kristen Fischer
Jun 19, 2024
Amazon.com is letting Prime members on Medicare join its RxPass mail-order prescription service for just $5 a month. The move could save older adults more money on out-of-pocket costs for generic prescription...
Immigration delays, staggered starts could lead to nursing home hiring debacle
By
Kimberly Marselas
Jun 12, 2024
Delay, delay, delay. That government tactic is becoming an increasing concern for some skilled nursing providers, who know just how critical timing can be when trying to hire new frontline staff.
Family can’t sue nursing home after resident’s undiagnosed COVID led to husband’s death
By
Kimberly Marselas
Jun 27, 2024
The family of a former nursing home patient cannot sue the facility or a doctor there for discharging her while a COVID-19 test was pending, even though she soon passed the virus onto her husband, who...