Memo suggests Kansas nursing homes must admit patients regardless of COVID-19 status … NCAL requests $5 billion to help assisted living communities respond to COVID-19 … Answers sought about Michigan’s...
MemoryWell, PointClickCare link biographies, health info
By
Kimberly Marselas
Nov 25, 2019
MemoryWell, a digital platform for storytelling, is partnering with PointClickCare to integrate patients’ health records and information with their life histories. MemoryWell is a digital platform for...
Heritage Hills to open in 2016
Aug 05, 2015
Integral Senior Living announced it has broken ground on the development of Heritage Hills of Oceanside, a memory care community in California.
Also in the News for Thursday, Jan. 31
By
Marty Stempniak
Jan 31, 2019
CMS proposes Medicare Advantage changes … Skip the dentist: Walgreens tries offering seniors dental services in stores … Senior advocates renew push for aid-in-dying law … Hot air balloons took off...
Genesis nursing home helps immortalize resident as an author
By
Marty Stempniak
Mar 27, 2019
Employees at one Delaware nursing home went well out of their way to help capture the life of an “extraordinary resident” who says she is technically 25 years old.
Medicaid underpayments soar to an average $22.34 per resident day, report finds
By
Elizabeth Newman
Dec 19, 2012
The cumulative effect of cuts has been “devastating,” AHCA President and CEO Mark Parkinson said.
Medicare defends power wheelchair pre-authorization policy
By
McKnight's Staff
Sep 20, 2012
Federal health officials defended a demonstration program that requires Medicare pre-authorization for power wheelchairs in a Senate hearing on Wednesday.
Spectrum Health completes construction on Michigan center
Nov 16, 2016
Spectrum Health has completed construction on a $22.5 million renovation and expansion of its rehab and nursing center in Grand Rapids, MI.
Tikkun Olam Foundation gives $150,000 for LGBTQ living space
Mar 22, 2016
The New Jewish Home (formerly Jewish Home Lifecare) has received a capital grant of $150,000 from the Tikkun Olam Foundation Inc. The grant will be used to construct a LGBTQ living space in a 20-story...
Also in the News for Monday, March 1
Mar 01, 2021
Advocates, complaining of inaction, push for nursing home reform in Indiana … Pfizer vaccine can be stored in standard freezer temps, FDA says … LeadingAge unveils 2021 policy priorities for nursing...