McKnight’s Senior Living editor wins writing award
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Staff reports
Jun 14, 2024
McKnight’s Senior Living Editor Lois A. Bowers has placed in the Best Headline Writing category of the All Ohio Excellence in Journalism Awards.
Labor market solid, with ‘notable pockets of weakness,’ ADP finds
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jun 06, 2024
“Job gains and pay growth are slowing going into the second half of the year,” ADP Chief Economist Nela Richardson said in a press release issued Wednesday in conjunction with the monthly ADP National...
CareTrust REIT reports SNFs deals totaling $180 million
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jun 05, 2024
CareTrust REIT has purchased or funded the purchase of 13 skilled nursing facilities in two deals totaling approximately $180 million, the company announced Tuesday.
What you may not know about life insurance settlements
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Joyce Bidwell
Jun 13, 2024
It always gives me pleasure to answer inquiries about the validity of life insurance settlements. The three initial and most commonly asked questions are: The answers to all these questions appear below,...
Proposed HOPE tool seeks to fill hospice data gaps but needs tweaking, experts say
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Adam Healy
Jun 04, 2024
The HOPE tool aims to close data gaps surrounding end-of-life care, there is more work to be done to improve hospice quality reporting.
Hybrid-virtual home care model improves outcomes for veterans who live in remote locations
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Adam Healy
May 23, 2024
An experimental virtual home care model achieved positive outcomes for community-dwelling veterans who live far from VA facilities.
Financial security heading into retirement hampered by student loan debt: report
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
May 31, 2024
Older workers often are saddled with student loan debt that hampers their ability to be financially secure in retirement, according to a report published Wednesday by the Schwartz Center for Economic Policy...
Requested tax code overhaul would up taxes on ‘wealthiest individuals and corporations’
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
May 29, 2024
Scores of consumer-oriented organizations are petitioning Congress to make changes to the tax code that would increase taxes on corporations.
Victory in assisted living case does not mean providers can turn a blind eye to harassment of workers
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Jennifer Long
Neville M. Bilimoria
Jun 03, 2024
Despite a recent court ruling, failure to take action in defense of staff members in the face of verbal abuse could cause substantial liability for operators.
CDC reports third dairy worker infected with bird flu, risk to public remains ‘low’
May 30, 2024
Amid an ongoing outbreak of bird flu in dairy cows, there’s been a third case of H5N1 avian flu confirmed in a dairy worker, US health officials reported Thursday.