TimerCap announced it is launching a Bluetooth-enabled seven-day pill box called iSort.
Profile — One cool customer: Sen. Herbert H. Kohl, Chairman, Senate Committee on Aging
By
James M. Berklan
May 09, 2007
Leaders of the Senate Special Committee on Aging have been known to bring havoc and pain to nursing home operators. They call hearings on touchy subjects, grandstand and seek their next rung on a career...
McKnight’s ‘Mood of the Market’ survey needs your thoughts
By
James M. Berklan
Jul 28, 2023
Responses are now being collected for the 2023 McKnight’s Mood of the Market survey, the unique, award-winning project that gauges the feelings of top long-term care managers. Skilled nursing owners,...
‘Secret’ report alleges massive ASC fraud had 20 more co-conspirators, $20 million more in losses
By
James M. Berklan
Aug 10, 2020
One of the largest nursing home-related fraud stories of the last decade, involved the top executive of Indiana’s largest publicly owned SNF company, American Senior Communities, and four others being...
Ensign Group announces another ‘record’ financial quarter, rising occupancy
By
James M. Berklan
Jul 29, 2021
The nation’s second-largest nursing home company continued to steam along during the second quarter, achieving record operating results and noting it had regained more than half of census losses caused...
Settlements in four DOJ investigations to cost Genesis $52.7 million
By
Phil Brahm
Sep 05, 2016
Genesis Healthcare will pay $52.7 million under an agreement to settle four separate Department of Justice investigations, the nation’s largest long-term care company said.
New test shows emotional memory; possible detection of Alzheimer’s risk
By
Elizabeth Newman
Jul 27, 2016
Older adults who tend to remember positive information often do worse on memory tests, a new study has found.
Making a run for the border
Nov 25, 2008
A burgeoning market for assisted living and senior living facilities in Mexico is drawing retirement-age baby boomers, according to The Dallas Morning News. Many factors contribute to the appeal of a Mexican...
Clinical Briefs for Thursday, April 2
By
Alicia Lasek
Apr 01, 2020
FDA orders all Zantac heartburn products off store shelves … Scientists discover gene that increases risk of Alzheimer’s disease … New CDC report adds evidence that underlying conditions raise...
Life Systems unveils new wheelchair scale
Nov 05, 2009
Life Systems Inc. recently introduced the Rosie Smart Wheelchair Scale. Designed for use in the long-term care setting, the scale’s operating software stores up to 100 wheelchair or chair weights...