As operators re-gear for the ICD-10 changes to hit in 2015, researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago have developed a free online tool to help operators determine where more time and effort...
New staffing option for budget-strapped communities?
By
John O'Connor
Oct 14, 2015
Many staffing-challenged communities may be overlooking an obvious relief valve: social workers. New findings from the University of Missouri reveal that this largely overlooked group can help improve...
Telehealth’s upward growth trajectory hits a bump in February
By
John O'Connor
May 04, 2023
While the use of telehealth generally continues to expand, its use declined by 6.8% nationwide in February, according to the Monthly Telehealth Regional Tracker.
Federal effort tackles abuse of elderly
By
John O'Connor
Aug 01, 2014
Elder abuse is inflicted upon many of the more than 2 million Americans in long-term care settings, and more oversight is needed, according to a government report published Wednesday.
Friendships help inoculate residents against mental decline
By
John O'Connor
Dec 15, 2017
Healthy interpersonal relationships help keep aging brains healthy, suggests a new study by Northwestern University researchers.
Professor: Elderly segregation may not be so bad
By
John O'Connor
Oct 15, 2015
Many analysts predict that future senior living communities need to focus more on intergenerational living. Stephen Golant is not one of them.
Hospital sends woman with dementia to locked senior living community
By
John O'Connor
Feb 01, 2019
Long Beach, CA-based College Medical Center dumped a woman with dementia outside the locked senior living community where she lived in the middle of the night, a daughter’s negligence complaint alleges.
Another college expands online offerings for senior care
By
John O'Connor
Oct 14, 2015
Rutgers University has joined the growing ranks of colleges offering senior living-related educational programs.
Brace for a catastrophic seniors housing shortage, group warns
By
John O'Connor
May 23, 2016
Unless major infrastructure and policy changes are made, the nation’s supply of affordable housing for seniors will become woefully inadequate in the decades to come.
Home care briefs for Friday, Sept. 25
Sep 25, 2020
DOL to propose new FLSA independent contractor test … Home Health Care of North Central Texas is now GoJo Home Health …Care Dimensions HomeMD expands its service area … Montachusett Home Care takes...