Good business partners can be difficult to find, which is why Wendy Strain, the director of consulting services for Polaris Group, is a bright light in a crowded field.
Assisted living mental health services fell between 2019 and 2020, study finds
By
Kristen Fischer
Apr 25, 2024
Mental health visits for assisted living residents living with dementia dropped as the pandemic set in, a new study finds.
$282 billion: What mental illness costs America each year
Apr 24, 2024
America’s mental health woes essentially serve as an annual economic downturn for the nation, a new study says.
People in the news, April 23
Apr 23, 2024
Appointments, promotions and other news at Aviva Senior Living, Benchmark Senior Living, Bridge Senior Living, Caring, Covenant Living Communities and Services, Juniper Communities, The Kendal Corporation,...
WHO chief sounds alarm on bird flu circulating in US cattle
Apr 22, 2024
The H5N1 avian flu virus that’s infecting US cattle is increasingly showing up in mammals — a dangerous sign that it could someday easily infect people.
Benefits outweigh wages for worker recruitment, retention: survey
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Apr 22, 2024
Seventy percent of respondents to a new survey say that better employer-sponsored benefits would be enough to entice them to make the jump to another job.
Business briefs, April 19
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Apr 19, 2024
Lower risk for mild cognitive impairment, dementia seen with cognitively stimulating occupations … Fitch Ratings affirms Moravian Manors at BB+; outlook stable … On first anniversary of care executive...
Bill would end federal mandate for states to recoup Medicaid costs for HCBS, care
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Apr 16, 2024
A proposed bill would end a mandate that states try to recoup costs for long-term care provided to Medicaid beneficiaries, including by seizing homes from disproportionately poor and minority families,...
AI tools help predict complications following lower-extremity fracture
Apr 10, 2024
XGBoost was identified as the optimal model, achieving average test AUC of 0.90 before the synthetic minority oversampling technique.
AI could help ease seniors’ concerns before they receive cancer treatment
By
Aaron Dorman
Apr 10, 2024
AI may be able to assist seniors’ caregivers in offering support and information about cancer and radiation treatment, a new study shows.