“What we once enjoyed and deeply loved we can never lose, for all that we love deeply becomes part of us.” — Helen Keller. These past two years of the pandemic have presented clinical challenges...
June FocusOn Briefs
Jun 01, 2020
»Kronos introduces employee contact-tracing capability Kronos in late April introduced an automated reporting capability for employee contact tracing that will be available to Workforce Dimensions, Kronos...
Ziegler announces closing of bond for Buckingham Senior Living
Oct 21, 2014
Ziegler has announced the closing of an $18.6 million bond for Buckingham Senior Living Community Inc. Senior Quality Lifestyles Corporation, a Texas not-for-profit organization, serves as the sole corporate...
Shuffling down the aisle
By
Mary Gustafson
Jan 19, 2012
For anyone who’s in the trenches caring for someone with Alzheimer’s — either in your own home or a long-term care community — the announcement of government initiatives aimed at finding...
Alzheimer’s trials losing numbers game, study says
Dec 21, 2012
A new study has determined people with Alzheimer’s disease are less likely to participate in clinical trials without a spouse caregiver.
Firm arranges loan for SNF portfolio
Jun 14, 2016
Harborview Capital Partners has arranged a $47.6 million acquisition loan for The Rosdev Group. It includes funds for a seven-facility skilled nursing portfolio and memory care facility, all in Texas,...
Exercise does not boost cognitive function in seniors with memory concerns, study finds
By
Alicia Lasek
Dec 15, 2022
Exercise is known to greatly benefit the overall health of older adults. But an 18-month study of nearly 600 seniors has found that neither exercise nor mindfulness improved cognitive function.
Nursing home residents celebrating royal wedding in style, sharing memories of their own
Apr 27, 2011
Residents and staff at a Michigan long-term care facility will prove they are true romantics at heart — and not mere victims of royal wedding fever — when they celebrate the nuptials of Prince William...
Longevity-Humana launches I-SNP in Texas
By
Amy Novotney
Dec 07, 2023
The managed care partnership between Longevity Health Plan and Humana has entered a new caregiving collaboration with Touchstone Communities, which offers skilled nursing, memory care and rehabilitation...
Horrors of Holocaust still vivid for some elderly Jews
By
Liza Berger
Nov 07, 2008
This Sunday, Jews around the world will commemorate Kristallnacht, also called “Night of Broken Glass,” one of the most brutal single events of the Holocaust. Seventy years ago on Nov. 9, 1938, violence...