Eldergrow launches Farm-to-Fork kits in conjunction with Earth Day anniversary
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Kimberly Marselas
Apr 22, 2020
Eldergrow, known for its indoor gardening programs for seniors, is taking its programming outdoors to celebrate its fifth anniversary. The addition of self-contained, outdoor gardening kits also acknowledges...
One more shot at being superhuman
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Kimberly Marselas
Sep 15, 2021
Normally, my family spends Labor Day weekend at a rustic cabin in the wooded foothills of Western Maryland, nestled just between the Pennsylvania and West Virginia borders. There’s no TV, spotty (if...
Ryan reverses course on targeting Medicare in 2018
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Kimberly Marselas
Dec 21, 2017
House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-WI) said Wednesday that Medicare reform won’t be a focus for Republicans this spring despite a rash of Democratic warnings about major cuts to the program.
PAWSIC aims to elevate LTC wound care, skin standards
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Kimberly Marselas
Nov 07, 2023
A former Genesis HealthCare executive has launched a national collaborative meant to educate long-term care professionals on all aspects of wound care and skin health.
With scope unknown, nursing homes brace for new schizophrenia audits
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Kimberly Marselas
Feb 10, 2023
Three weeks after federal officials announced they would begin auditing nursing homes for overuse of schizophrenia diagnoses, providers are still looking for answers about what those investigations will...
Judge awards unemployment benefits to nursing home assistant fired over theft
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Kimberly Marselas
Jul 06, 2023
A former assistant at a nursing home and senior living facility can receive unemployment benefits, even after he was fired and charged by police for stealing jewelry from a resident.
Government shutdown could put chokehold on public health
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Kimberly Marselas
Jan 19, 2018
It remains unclear how a government shutdown would affect the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services if Congress can’t agree on a bill to send the president by midnight.
Latest Alzheimer’s discovery looks like a real eye-opener
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Kimberly Marselas
Jun 05, 2015
Extra sleep can help fruit flies overcome Alzheimer’s-like memory problems, according to new research out of Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis.
What long-term care operators are doing to comply with federal vaccination rule by first deadline
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Danielle Brown
Kimberly Marselas
Nov 11, 2021
It’s all hands on deck as long-term care operators quickly develop implementation plans to comply with the new federal COVID-19 vaccination rule for workers with the first deadline just over three weeks...
‘Crying wolf’ or dying breed? Incentives often ignore plight of rural skilled nursing operators
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Kimberly Marselas
Jan 29, 2024
As hundreds of nursing homes have shuttered in the last few years, the very strategies meant to prop up the sector have often left the most isolated, resource-strapped facilities with nothing gained.