New York hospitals and home health agencies chart collaborative course
By
Diane Eastabrook
Sep 10, 2021
A statewide collaboration between New York hospitals and home health agencies could provide a national blueprint for treating patients at home, rather than hospitals or long-term care facilities.
On the path to additional oversight?
By
John O'Connor
Aug 04, 2016
Assisted living operators increasingly are serving residents with severe physical and cognitive challenges, are accepting Medicaid dollars and are getting into trouble while doing so. In other words, they...
Older adults weigh variety of concerns before elective surgery
Mar 17, 2022
Top concerns include pain or discomfort, recovery and out-of-pocket costs.
Empower your team for better results
By
Tonya Headen-Lee, CDP
Feb 20, 2024
How do you build and empower great teams? Several lessons apply in all senior living settings and would make great goals for executive directors in 2024.
Rates of reamputation high in patients with diabetes
Jun 15, 2021
Rates of reamputation have not changed for at least two decades.
Disparities seen in left ventricular assist device use for heart failure in seniors
Aug 01, 2022
The authors say that disparities in left ventricular assist device use by race and sex likely are driven by clinician decision-making.
Biden to strengthen push for vaccine mandates in new COVID-19 plan
Sep 09, 2021
The new plan involves six steps, according to White House press secretary.
Nearly four in 10 older women remain sexually active
May 23, 2022
Thirty percent of women aged 65 to 80 said they have been sexually active (defined as caressing, foreplay, masturbation or intercourse) in the past year.
Aortic valve replacement up in patients with Alzheimer’s disease
Sep 17, 2021
One-year outcomes were similar for patients with or without Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias.
Cost-sharing waivers did not cover all COVID-19 hospital care in 2020
Oct 27, 2021
The researchers found that 71.2% of privately insured patients and 49.1% of Medicare Advantage patients had cost sharing for any hospitalization-related service, including those billed by clinicians.