Assisted living employers cannot discriminate based on vaccination status, court rules
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Oct 17, 2024
A Montana law prohibiting discrimination based on vaccination status now is in effect for assisted living communities and healthcare settings in the state after an appeals court reversed a lower court...
24 percent of healthcare workers expect to leave their jobs within a year, survey finds
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Oct 17, 2024
Twenty-four percent of healthcare employees are considering leaving their current positions within a year, according to the result of a survey from JLL.
Union election petitions filed with NLRB double over 3 years
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Oct 17, 2024
Union election petitions increased 27% from fiscal year 2023 to fiscal year 2024, and the number of petitions filed has more than doubled since FY 21, the National Labor Relations Board reported this week.
Risk for most cardiovascular events reduced after COVID-19 vaccination
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HealthDay News
Oct 16, 2024
And increased risk for myocarditis and pericarditis was seen one to two weeks after COVID-19 mRNA vaccination, however.
Disparities observed in mortality during COVID-19 pandemic
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HealthDay News
Oct 16, 2024
18.3% fewer deaths would have occurred had the rate of excess mortality seen in whites been the same in the total population.
Senior living should see ‘meaningful’ jump in development activity in 2025: poll
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Oct 16, 2024
Senior living development activity is anticipated to ramp up in a “meaningful” way in 2025, according to a new poll of architectural firms active in the sector.
Senior living providers, associations step up to help their own in wake of natural disasters
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Oct 16, 2024
National and state provider associations and individual senior living operators are stepping up to help communities affected by Hurricanes Helene and Milton, which hit the Southeast United States within...
Wayfinding task on smartphone can detect subjective cognitive decline
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HealthDay News
Oct 15, 2024
Performance measures extracted from GPS and user data differentiated between those with subjective cognitive decline and cognitively healthy adults.
Lithium aspartate not effective for neurologic long COVID fatigue
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HealthDay News
Oct 15, 2024
In a subsequent dose-finding study, numerically greater reductions were seen in fatigue and cognitive dysfunction scores with 40 to 45 mg/day.
Federal agencies should clarify that Medicare Advantage flexible benefit cards should not be considered income or assets when eligibility for federal assistance and benefits are calculated, 34 members...