DOJ: People with serious mental illness unnecessarily segregated in assisted living communities
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
May 16, 2024
Nebraska is “unnecessarily” segregating people who have serious mental illness in assisted living communities and day programs, violating federal disability laws, according to the Justice Department.
Addressing senior living caregivers’ childhood trauma improves outcomes for workers, residents: report
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
May 14, 2024
Senior living and care employers can reduce the negative effects of childhood trauma experienced by frontline caregivers by building nurturing relationships and safe workplaces, according to a new report.
Virtual reality therapy can augment depression treatment
May 13, 2024
Extended reality-enhanced behavioral activation (XR-BA) may be a feasible enhancement to traditional BA for major depressive disorder.
EHR tool boosts geriatric assessments, trial finds
By
Kristen Fischer
May 16, 2024
A team of scientists integrated a tool into an EHR platform and it improved geriatric assessments and clinician knowledge.
Heatwave exposure linked to considerable mortality burden
May 14, 2024
Geographic disparities were seen in the temporal change of the heatwave-related mortality burden.
Mentorship, honesty are crucial to retaining senior living leaders of tomorrow, speakers say
By
Josh Henreckson
May 17, 2024
Cultivating mentorships in senior living and care is vital to bringing up and retaining the next generation of sector leaders, a group of six prominent women leaders said this week during a McKnight’s...
Plant-based diets tied to long-term health benefits
May 15, 2024
The benefits include a better cardiometabolic risk profile as well as lower mortality.
Assisted living affordability among adults’ top cost concerns
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
May 14, 2024
The cost of assisted living, other long-term care settings and healthcare in general weighs heavily on the minds of older adults, according to the results of a new poll.
Business briefs, May 17
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
May 17, 2024
Improving staff experience key to long-term care staff retention efforts … Recruiting, retention strategies shared by McKnight’s Women of Distinction … FDA recalls software on ventilator that ‘may...
Oldest adults with acute myeloid leukemia benefit from Venetoclax
May 16, 2024
Octogenarians and nonagenarians can be treated successfully with VEN-HMA.