Health score for seniors in South Dakota falls
America’s Health Rankings from the United Health Foundation has released their Senior Report for 2018, which shows that South Dakota dropped from number 15...
Campaign launched to educate, empower millennials about LTSS
LeadingAge, a nonprofit organization that provides a voice for aging in America, has launched a campaign asking millennials to speak out on the need...
Comments due July 30 for home health demonstration program
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has revived a demonstration program - the Review Choice Demonstration - for home health services. The...
New SNF rules proposed; comments due June 26
The FY 2019 skilled nursing facility (SNF) prospective payment system (PPS) proposed rule, published on May 8, includes a very complex patient driven payment...
Nursing homes in receivership stabilize operations
A company, Black Hills Receiver LLC, recently issued a press release that outlines steps they have taken to stabilize operations at 19 nursing home...
Workforce report: Dramatic increase in need for long term care workers
The National Center for Health Workforce Analysis published a March 2018 report focusing on occupations in long-term services and supports (LTSS) including nursing assistants,...
Affordable housing for older generation featured in LeadingAge Magazine
The recent issue of Leading Age Magazine has an overall theme of “Meeting the Challenge of Affordable Housing” and focuses on the challenge, models...
Updated Hospice Compare information now available; free webinar for hospice providers
The May 2018 quarterly Hospice Compare quality data is now available. It is based on Hospice Item Set (HIS) quality measure results from data...
National summit leads to dementia recommendations
Participants in the Research Summit on Dementia Care, held in October 2017, have recommended nearly 700 new strategies for understanding dementia, working toward a...
National Skilled Nursing Care Week honors staff, residents and families
National Skilled Nursing Care Week, which is May 13-19, is a time to acknowledge the role skilled nursing care centers have in caring for...
