Health issues limit work potential for a fifth of younger baby boomers
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Alicia Lasek
Aug 29, 2023
Health-related issues appear to be hampering the job prospects of the baby boomer population’s youngest cohort, according to new data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Study backs training to boost vaccine confidence in LTC sector on eve of vaccine rollout
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Alicia Lasek
Aug 29, 2023
Senior living and care community operators have an opportunity to proactively support methods shown to boost worker vaccination levels as a new COVID-19 vaccine is readied, researchers say.
Business briefs, Aug. 29
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Alicia Lasek
Aug 29, 2023
Long-term care veteran Frank Brown Jr. inducted into Alabama Senior Citizens Hall of Fame … Fitch upgrades Saint John’s Communities, WI’s IDR and rev bonds to ‘BBB’; Outlook...
Actions & Transactions, Aug. 29
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Alicia Lasek
Aug 29, 2023
Emerald Communities kicks off $55M assisted living expansion at Emerald Heights in Redmond, WA … Ziegler advises the sale of Bethesda Rehab & Senior Care … Proposed Clearwater condo towers...
Tech interventions boost hand hygiene compliance across 2 health systems
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Alicia Lasek
Jun 28, 2023
Technology that pinpoints missed opportunities and improves accountability helped to substantially improve staff compliance, according to reports presented this week at APIC’s annual conference.
ADA case awards damages to fired nursing home laundry tech with anxiety
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Alicia Lasek
Nov 18, 2022
A Nashville, TN, nursing facility violated the Americans with Disabilities Act when it fired a laundry technician with documented anxiety and must pay compensatory damages, a jury has decided.
American Healthcare REIT ‘optimistic’ about senior housing despite third-quarter performance
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Alicia Lasek
Nov 18, 2022
Senior housing remains a “challenge,” but American Healthcare REIT is expecting to rebuild occupancy across its portfolio as inflationary pressures ease, the company told investors in a third-quarter...
Women’s retirement security undercut by pandemic job disruption, caregiving tasks and debt: survey
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Alicia Lasek
Nov 18, 2022
As they emerge from the pandemic, women are facing a heavy burden of retirement insecurity due to societal factors that include a persistent gender pay gap, time out of the workforce for caregiving, and...
Business briefs, Nov. 18
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Alicia Lasek
Nov 18, 2022
Senior living move-ins slowing, with independent living posting fifth consecutive decrease: NIC … DOJ targets state’s housing of mentally ill in nursing homes … Senators introduce bill to...
Dementia costs jump 31 percent in a decade, with care needs expected to grow
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Alicia Lasek
Nov 02, 2022
Despite progress in risk reduction, testing and treatment, the costs of dementia care in the United States continue to rise alongside dementia prevalence, putting the onus on healthcare providers and other...