Person-centered care can address social isolation and loneliness
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Apr 30, 2024
Social isolation and loneliness gained attention during the COVID-19 pandemic and with a US Surgeon General’s advisory released last year, leading to new programs and ways to address the public health...
Meet David Totaro, 2024 McKnight’s Pinnacle Awards ‘Agent of Change’ honoree
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Jessica R. Towhey
Apr 30, 2024
David Totaro took an unusual path to the long-term care sector, and his varied experience served him well as he developed a national, legislative advocacy program for BAYADA Hearts for Home Care.
Grant program to allow ‘significant’ investment in innovative technology in assisted living
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Apr 18, 2024
Assisted living communities and nursing homes in South Dakota now can apply for $2 million in grants from the state Department of Human Services to buy technology equipment “to improve the quality of...
Kristen Duell wasn’t satisfied with a successful career that brought her into the C-suite of two healthcare companies.
Dementia training for first responders required by new Virginia law
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Apr 29, 2024
First responders in Virginia now will be required to undergo training to improve their professional interactions with people living with dementia, as well as their caregivers.
National resource center should be created to address social isolation, loneliness: report
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Apr 19, 2024
A national resource center should be created to provide leadership to address issues of social isolation and loneliness in older adults, according to a new report.
Assisted living model could be threatened by long-term care workforce proposal
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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,...
Leaders debate what to change, retain in senior living
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
May 01, 2024
PHOENIX—If there was one good thing to come out of the COVID-19 pandemic, it was “everyone opening the kimono,” being raw and asking for help, according to a panel of C-suite senior living experts...
Cindy Smith has perhaps one of the greatest skills needed for long-term care: the knowledge and experience to reduce the time needed to obtain a prior authorization.
A final rule issued Tuesday by the Federal Trade Commission will prohibit employers across the country from using noncompete agreements in most instances.