The Democrats and Republicans have wrapped up their conventions. Labor Day has passed. Cable TV is on a 24/7 news cycle. And unprecedented funding is flowing into this year’s campaigns.
Smartphone technology helps seniors with mild dementia complete daily tasks, study finds
By
Alicia Lasek
Nov 18, 2021
Despite the pervasive notion that older adults dislike technology, participants enjoyed learning to use smartphone memory apps and were able to improve their daily prospective memory performance over four...
Supervisor abuse has ripple effects in workplace: study
By
Elizabeth Newman
Mar 02, 2013
A bullying supervisor isn’t hurting just a specific employee. He or she also is creating a negative workplace culture, researchers say.
SCA announces first American to Volvo Ocean Race team
Jan 14, 2014
SCA has said Sally Barkow will be the first American sailor to join Team SCA, the only all-female crew to compete in the 2014-2015 Volvo Ocean Race.
CareWorx Fully Managed partners with Cliniconex
By
Mallory Hackett
Aug 13, 2019
CareWorx Fully Managed, an IT support system for senior care companies, has teamed up with Cliniconex.
California county settles lawsuit over alleged mistreatment of older gay couple
Jul 27, 2010
A 78-year-old gay resident has settled a lawsuit with Sonoma County, CA. He had accused the county of separating him and his now-deceased gay partner, forcing them into long-term care facilities and selling...
60 Seconds with … Robin P. Bonifas
Sep 05, 2016
Q: Why are residents with dementia common targets of bullies?
‘Unrealistic’ for providers to believe COVID-19 will be fully eliminated: expert
By
Danielle Brown
Oct 20, 2021
A pandemic expert on Monday told long-term care providers that going back to normal and completely eliminating COVID-19 “will likely never happen” in the United States.
New Mexico fights conflict-of-interest allegations in Medicaid managed care contracts
By
Kimberly Marselas
Feb 21, 2018
The state of New Mexico fired back this week against allegations that its selection of new contractors for the state’s Medicaid program was sullied by a major conflict of interest.
Ask the Legal Expert about … removing a director
By
John Durso
Nov 05, 2016
How do we tactfully, and legally, remove a director we no longer want around? This director sullied his reputation and could, therefore, hurt ours too.