Study: Death rate lower than expected in nursing home COVID-19 survivors
By
Kristen Fischer
Aug 01, 2024
Older adults in nursing homes who survived a COVID-19 infection during the first wave of the pandemic didn’t have a high death rate in the two years that followed, a new study shows.
Meet Ruth Katz, 2024 Hall of Honor inductee
By
Josh Henreckson
Jul 31, 2024
Ruth Katz, incoming president and CEO at Association of Jewish Aging Services in Rockville, MD, is a Hall of Honor inductee in the 2024 McKnight’s Women of Distinction awards program.
New SNF payment rule met with ‘disgust,’ complaints of ‘overreach’
By
James M. Berklan
Jul 31, 2024
Critics wasted little time expressing their displeasure with the government’s final nursing home payment rule for fiscal 2025 after it was released late Wednesday afternoon.
$5 million grant expands nurse aides’ growth and Oklahoma Dementia Care Network
By
Jessica R. Towhey
Jul 31, 2024
A second round of federal grant funding to the University of Oklahoma will allow the school to expand its work with rural and tribal nursing home employees caring for residents diagnosed with dementia.
Leqembi’s benefits continue to improve with longer use, study finds
By
Kristen Fischer
Jul 31, 2024
People with early-stage Alzheimer’s disease who take Leqembi can experience more benefits if they stay on it for three years, a new study shows.
BREAKING: CMS increases abilities to fine nursing homes, hikes Medicare pay by 4.2 percent
By
James M. Berklan
Jul 31, 2024
Nursing homes will be getting a 4.2% Medicare Part A pay raise under the fiscal 2025 final pay rule issued Wednesday. Providers also will be facing a more aggressive fines system.
Should your financing make space for C-PACE?
By
Rob McAdams
Steve McGee
Anne Hill
Jul 31, 2024
With the higher interest rate environment constraining banks and seniors housing and healthcare borrowers alike, there may be value in knowing more about C-PACE. An acronym for commercial property-assessed...
Medicaid rates boost LTC Properties amid occupancy struggles and cyberattack during 2Q
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jul 30, 2024
The second quarter went “generally according to plan” except for challenges with occupancy issues at some assisted living communities operated by one company and a major cyberattack that disrupted...
Team finds what’s driving long COVID inflammation in lung cells
By
Kristen Fischer
Jul 30, 2024
Existing prescription medications may be able to stop the chronic inflammation found in people with long COVID, a new study suggests. While researchers didn’t test the drug in people, they uncovered...
What, where, why — and don’t be Kevin Costner
By
Jacqueline Vance, RNC, CDONA/LTC
Jul 30, 2024
OK, so I went to see the new Kevin Costner movie, “Horizon.” I’ve enjoyed most of his films and am a huge fan of “Yellowstone,” so I went in with the expectation that I was going to love the...