National collaborative will foster innovation in senior housing and financing models
A new collaborative plans to tackle the challenges of senior housing and the finances that will be needed…
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A better picture of falls prevention
When trying to understand what causes seniors to fall, a video is worth a million words.Canadian researchers placed…
News October 25High-cost healthcare consumers remain steady despite recession
The number of consumers in the highest brackets of healthcare spending (those who spend more than 10 percent…
News October 25Congratulations to the 2012 LeadingAge honorees
Long-term care is an ever-evolving field requiring creativity, vision, innovation and inspiration to meet the challenges of today—and…
News October 24Criminal activity found in background checks of disciplined aides
In an investigation conducted by the Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (OIG) and mandated by…
News October 23Study suggests social factors play a role in hospital readmissions
Now that patient outcomes and readmission rates are directly tied to reimbursements from the Centers for Medicare &…
News October 22Minority seniors fare well in ethnically similar communities, study finds
Encouraging diversity has been a social goal for many years. However, a recent study suggests that for older…
News October 19Low RN staffing hours linked to higher hospitalization, mortality rates during norovirus outbreaks, study finds
A recent study, which will be published in the October 24 issue of JAMA, found that facilities with…
News October 18A bad break for sleeping pills?
Nursing home residents who use a non-benzodiazepine hypnotic drug as a sleep aid—including Ambien, Lunesta, Sonata and others—may…
News October 17
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