Ensign CEO: Rosy 2Q numbers and improved census reveal strength of skilled services
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Alicia Lasek
Jul 31, 2023
The US’s largest nursing home company, the Ensign Group, is riding high on second-quarter 2023 results, with continued improvement in occupancy, skilled revenue, skilled days and managed care, despite...
LTC Properties to pivot from heavy investing to Q3 debt reduction
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Alicia Lasek
Jul 31, 2023
Following months of strong investment activity, LTC Properties will turn its focus to reducing leverage and supporting operators as they continue to recover from pandemic-era hurdles, executives said Friday...
Virtual EMR review may improve care delivery during resident transfers, nurses say
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Alicia Lasek
Jun 21, 2023
With the correct supports in place, virtual review of transferred residents’ electronic medical records may help nursing home clinicians deliver continuity of care and effective interventions, LTC nurses...
AMA asks clinicians to reduce focus on BMI as health measure
Jun 15, 2023
The American Medical Association is encouraging clinicians to reduce their focus on body mass index. The measure is a flawed tool and should be considered alongside other measures such as genetics and...
Hypoglycemia frequent in LTCF residents with diabetes, large study finds
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Alicia Lasek
Jun 14, 2023
A 35% rate of level 1 hypoglycemia in long-term care facility residents with type 2 diabetes leaves room for better clinical management, researchers say.
CDC: Without boosters, adults have ‘little remaining protection’ against COVID-19 hospitalization
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Alicia Lasek
Jun 06, 2023
U.S. adults who have received only the original, monovalent vaccine doses are likely at a disadvantage when it comes to protection against hospitalization, investigators have found.
Medicare’s outpatient knee replacement policy tied to more surgeries, less access: study
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Alicia Lasek
Jun 06, 2023
Medicare’s 2018 policy change supporting outpatient total knee replacement may have led to more surgeries and higher costs, while unintentionally limiting access to older, Black and female patients,...
Fracture prevention lacking for older women, post-acute care study finds
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Alicia Lasek
Jun 05, 2023
Across all post-acute care settings, there was low use of DXA screening and of medications to prevent bone loss — both before admittance and after discharge, researchers found.
CDC: Seniors had lower COVID-19 immunity than rest of population in 2022
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Alicia Lasek
Jun 05, 2023
The findings highlight the importance for adults aged 65 years and older to stay up to date with COVID-19 vaccination and have easy access to antiviral medications, researchers say.
Compared to other countries, U.S. life expectancy worse than previously estimated
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Alicia Lasek
Jun 05, 2023
Dozens of countries across the world have had higher life expectancies than the United States over the last 70 years, a new study has found.