Christine Slater, caregiver at HomeWell Care Services in Worthington, OH, is a Spirit Award winner in the 2024 McKnight’s Women of Distinction awards program.
Proposal to make NHSN reporting permanent bypasses provider concerns
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Josh Henreckson
Jul 01, 2024
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services would expand and extend COVID-era respiratory illness reporting requirements under a provision of the recently proposed Home Health Prospective Payment System...
Study: Black seniors with lower income, better cognitive ability less likely to get dementia diagnosis...
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Kristen Fischer
Jul 05, 2024
Older Black adults who had less income, higher cognitive function and fewer comorbidities were less likely to be diagnosed with dementia in a timely manner, according to a new study that tried to identify...
Cigna fights nursing homes’ pending sale, citing potential for broken agreements
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Josh Henreckson
Jun 27, 2024
Cigna has filed a legal motion objecting to the sale of a group of nursing homes as part of Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceedings. The major insurer claims the sale would give the providers “carte blanche”...
Suspected sepsis cases linked to overuse of broad-spectrum antibiotics, study finds
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Kristen Fischer
Jul 05, 2024
About half of suspected sepsis cases account for broad-spectrum antibiotic use — but a lot of these cases don’t require the medications at all, according to a study published June 27 in JAMA Network...
Wearable tech shows promise in spotting falls among older adults at home, improving reaction time
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Kristen Fischer
Jun 27, 2024
A new technology may be able to boost reaction times to help older adults who fall at home get care more quickly.
Dietitians urge CMS to keep extra pay for malnourished nursing home residents
By
Kimberly Marselas
Jul 11, 2024
Dietitians who work with nursing home patients are urging the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services not to remove critical coding that helps identify seniors either with malnutrition or at risk for...
President signs National Plan to End Parkinson’s Act into law
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Kristen Fischer
Jul 05, 2024
President Biden last week signed the National Plan to End Parkinson’s Act into law, which puts the framework in place to advance research and initiatives that prioritize Parkinson’s disease care in...
FDA approves second monoclonal antibody treatment for early Alzheimer’s disease
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Kristen Fischer
Jul 02, 2024
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved a second monoclonal antibody treatment for for early Alzheimer’s on Tuesday. Eli Lilly’s Kisunla (donanemab), which has proven to slow the disease...
Report: Polypharmacy climbed among older adults from 1999 to 2020
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Kristen Fischer
Jul 02, 2024
The number of older Americans over the age of 65 not living in healthcare facilities who used prescription medications rose from 1999 through the mid-2000s and hasn’t changed much since. The percentage...