Walmart to shut down virtual care platform and health centers, as profits sputter
By
Adam Healy
May 03, 2024
Walmart disclosed it will pull the plug on its health and virtual care delivery products as a result of high operational costs.
Bringing comfort and care to residents through heated towel racks
By
Fred Salati
May 02, 2024
Senior living communities increasingly are incorporating the comforts of home to meet the needs and wants of residents and prospective residents.
States grapple with how and whether to regulate AI
By
John O'Connor
May 02, 2024
States are taking the lead in regulating artificial intelligence, a technology that is reshaping various sectors, including senior living.
AI’s impact is just beginning — for better or worse
By
John O'Connor
May 02, 2024
Several senior living operators touted the new ways artificial intelligence is helping the field during a Tuesday session at Argentum’s Senior Living Executive Conference in Phoenix.
Biden administration could reclassify marijuana as less risky drug
May 01, 2024
The Justice Department has recommended that marijuana be reclassified as a less dangerous drug, a move that signals a significant shift in US drug policy.
USPSTF recommends breast cancer screening for women aged 40 to 75 years
Apr 30, 2024
Insufficient evidence was seen for screening older women and for supplemental screening for women with dense breasts.
Senior living ‘on the precipice of this defining moment,’ Argentum CEO says
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Apr 30, 2024
The senior living industry sits “on the precipice of this defining moment with significant challenges but also tremendous opportunities” to tell its story and help millions of older adults “live...
Assisted living model could be threatened by long-term care workforce proposal
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Apr 30, 2024
A proposed federal bill includes substantial new funding for long-term care workforce development, but it potentially threatens the assisted living model by including the setting with more clinical ones,...
Policy initiatives underway to lessen direct care workforce shortages
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Apr 29, 2024
Direct care workforce shortages strain the healthcare system overall and affect access, quality and costs. Although no single answer to the issue exists, several policy initiatives and solutions underway...
Two-thirds of survivors of the most severe COVID-19 face impairment at one year
Apr 26, 2024
Physical, psychiatric and cognitive problems were seen in those discharged to long-term acute care hospitals.