No elevated risk for stroke seen after COVID-19 bivalent vaccine receipt
Mar 20, 2024
No evidence was seen for an increased risk for stroke in one- to 21-day or 22- to 42-day windows compared with a 43- to 90-day window after the vaccine.
Business briefs, March 15
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Mar 15, 2024
USCIS reaches H-2B cap for second half of FY24 … Mid-sized chains targeted in new, expansive critique of providers …Fitch Ratings affirms Franciscan Communities at ‘BBB’; outlook stable
Fitch changes could affect ratings for 10 percent of CCRCs
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Mar 05, 2024
Ratings for 10% of the country’s not-for-profit continuing care retirement / life plan communities could be affected by changes being proposed by Fitch Ratings, the agency. The company released a draft...
2023 to 2024 seasonal influenza vaccine effective for reducing risk
Feb 29, 2024
Vaccine effectiveness against influenza-linked outpatient visits ranged from 33 to 49%, and against hospitalization it ranged from 41 to 44% among adults.
Cognitive deficits seen in COVID-19 patients regardless of symptom duration
Feb 29, 2024
Compared with those without COVID-19, similar deficits were seen for those in whom symptoms resolved in less than four or at least 12 weeks.
Long-term care execs see modest salary increases: report
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Feb 23, 2024
Long-term care corporate executives took home an average salary increase of 3.69% last year, up slightly from the 3.17% reported salary increase in 2022, according to a new report.
With projected Fed decreases, investor confidence is rising
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Feb 21, 2024
The past few years have been challenging on debt markets in real estate, particularly in the senior living and care market, but a “boost in investor confidence” is occurring now, according to Jason...
Elder fraud losses approach $2B, according to FBI report
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Apr 07, 2022
Older adults in the United States were scammed out of $1.7 billion through fraud schemes in 2021, a 74% increase from 2020, according to a new report from the FBI’s Internet Crime Complaint Center, or...
Record-breaking $1.09B disbursed for affordable housing as provider group lobbies for $1.2B in COVID...
By
Lois A. Bowers
Mar 04, 2021
The Federal Housing Finance Agency’s announcement of the authorization of a record-breaking $1.09 billion disbursement to the Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac affordable housing allocations “will undoubtedly...
Senior housing resident shot, charged after allegedly threatening staff with meat cleaver
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Lois A. Bowers
Aug 06, 2017
A resident of an affordable senior housing community in New Jersey was shot by police and charged with crimes after he allegedly attacked two women in the community’s management office with a meat...