With right capital, PACS looks to solidify ‘legacy’ with 53-facility deal
By
Kimberly Marselas
May 24, 2024
Six weeks after going public, long-term care provider PACS Group announced Thursday it was expanding by nearly 25%, adding 53 skilled nursing and assisted living facilities in the Northwest.
GAO review of long-term care ombudsman programs eerily echoes providers’ own concerns
By
Josh Henreckson
May 24, 2024
Many of the same problems facing long-term care operators across the country have also increasingly arisen as obstacles for state long-term care ombudsman programs in recent years, according to a report...
Daily aspirin doesn’t stop AMD from developing, getting worse: study
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Kristen Fischer
May 23, 2024
A new study finds that taking low-dose aspirin over the long term didn’t affect the progression of age-related macular degeneration, or AMD, or stop the risk for it altogether.
States with nursing home direct-care spending rules grapple with complex costs
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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
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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...
Study: Cognitive problems are at play when people stop driving
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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...
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.
Less than 5 percent of nursing homes meet federal mandate in 4 states, intensifying hunt for local solutions
By
Josh Henreckson
May 21, 2024
The outlook for compliance with the new nursing home staffing mandate took another dour turn Tuesday.
Widely used ‘secrecy’ clauses under fire in nursing home arbitration case
By
Kimberly Marselas
May 21, 2024
Arizona’s attorney general is attempting to intervene in a civil lawsuit against a nursing home, arguing the facility’s attempt to compel arbitration and enforce a “secrecy clause” makes a signed...