The season for senior care inquiries does not arrive before the holiday but rather after it, indicates a graph compiling data from SeniorHomes.com, and senior living providers need to make sure they’re ready for an upcoming influx in business. The winter months may be partially to blame, but data collected from 2009 through 2011 shows […]
A new U.S. study finds that 41.5% of post-surgery complications arise after patients have been discharged, furthering the importance of post-care attention hospitals must provide, according to the November issue of Archives of Surgery. Written by Hadiza S. Kazaure, of Stanford University at Palo Alto in California, the study concentrated on 2005-2012 data from the […]
Rising demand for senior housing stands to follow the aging population trend, as shown in recent data from the U.S. Census Bureau. The Census reports a strong increase in the number of households headed by older adults. The share of households headed by Americans born between 1945-64—also known as Boomers—accounted for 39% of American households […]
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Last month, Medicare began issuing penalties to hospitals with what it believed had “one too many readmissions,” writes the New York Times in an article this week. The article discloses Medicare addressed 2,217 hospitals, with 307 of those receiving the maximum punishment of a 1% reduction in the program’s regular payments for every patient over […]
AdCare Property Holdings, LLC, a subsidiary of AdCare Health Systems, Inc., has agreed to purchase three Alabama senior care facilities for $9.5 million. AdCare will acquire Park Place Nursing & Rehabilitation Center located in Selma; Homewood of Selma; and Homewood of Greenville. In accordance with the agreement, AdCare Holdings deposited $250,000 into escrow, which […]
For nursing home residents suffering from dementia, evacuation from a storm could prove more fatal than the storm itself, according to a report from the Center for Gerontology and Healthcare Research (CGHR). A similar report from the American Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease & Other Dementias, “The Effects of Evacuation on Nursing Home Residents With Dementia,” […]
This holiday season has already seen a number of seniors seeking specialized movers as they downsize their longtime homes, according to an article from the Chicago Tribune. The article notes an increasing demand for sons and daughters looking to help their parents move into more compact lifestyles during the holiday season, listing Gero Solutions as […]
A staggering portion of adults surveyed in Genworth Financial’s 2012 State of Planning Survey claim they are not prepared for their long-term care needs. Among the 900 adults surveyed ages 45-54, 58% said they did not have future plans for long-term care. Of those without plans, 82% cited reasons such as education and communication for […]
More than a quarter of Americans dying from non-traumatic causes spend their last days in nursing homes, emphasizing the need for a partnership between hospice and nursing home care—especially as the baby boomer generation continues to age, says a LeadingAge report. Nursing homes are increasingly the sites for end-of-life care with about a half million […]
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