Acute hospital care at home shows promise for medically complex patients
Jan 08, 2024
At 30 days after discharge, the mortality rate was 3.2% and skilled nursing facility use rate was 2.6%.
Home health is fastest-growing component of national health spending
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jan 08, 2024
Year-over-year growth in the home health space was 13.5% in October, making it the fastest-growing component of national health spending, according to Altarum’s monthly Health Sector Economic Indicators...
Actions & Transactions, Jan. 8
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jan 08, 2024
Ziegler closes $76.9M financing for Williamsburg, VA, CCRC … Atlas Senior Living, Rimrock Companies JV opens assisted living, memory care in Hudson, FL … United Church Homes to assume management of...
Business briefs, Jan. 5
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jan 05, 2024
Data breach settlement could affect 21K, cost operator $1M … Accelerated pace of change in long-term care will continue … Census Bureau to add 47,000 Illinoisans in long-term care in future population...
Actions & Transactions, Jan. 5
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jan 05, 2024
New owners seek to convert Maine county’s last nursing home to assisted living … BWE secures $26M in financing for senior housing properties in 4 states … Resort Lifestyle Communities opens active...
So, senior living isn’t healthcare after all?
By
John O'Connor
Jan 04, 2024
The senior living industry’s reinvention as a healthcare player just received a notable setback. In a court room, of all places. As McKnight’s Senior Living recently reported, a circuit court judge...
Business briefs, Jan. 4
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jan 04, 2024
AHEPA to provide quality assurance, training for service coordinators at 2 affordable senior housing communities … Census Bureau estimates US population at 335,893,238 … Fines suspended for nursing...
Cap rates increase by 74 basis points across all segments of senior living and care
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jan 03, 2024
The average senior housing and care capitalization rate across all segments increased by 74 basis points between April and October, according to results of the 13th edition of CBRE’s US Senior Housing...
iWHELD program improves QoL for people with dementia in nursing homes
Dec 26, 2023
A digital person-centered care program adapted for remote delivery improves quality of life and key measures of well-being, according a the results of a study.
Many US nursing home residents have not been vaccinated for flu, COVID-19, or RSV for 2023-24
Dec 21, 2023
The researchers found that 33.1% of nursing home residents were up to date with COVID-19 vaccination as of Dec. 10. Coverage with the flu and RSV vaccines was 72.0 and 9.8%, respectively, among residents...