McKnight's Senior Living

1 week ago | mcknightsseniorliving.com | Kimberly Bonvissuto

As Loren Shook prepares to hand over the reins of the memory care company he helped build as a model for the industry, his one wish is that the company’s vision to innovate and bring quality of life to residents and families continues beyond his tenure. “The company has tens of thousands of stories and people whose lives they have dramatically changed,” Shook, co-founder, president, CEO and chairman of Silverado, told McKnight’s Senior Living on Wednesday.

1 week ago | mcknightsseniorliving.com | Kimberly Bonvissuto

The newest class of certified nursing assistants in The New Jewish Home’s registered apprenticeship program graduated earlier this week in a move to begin addressing 13,000 unfilled such positions statewide. The New York City-based nonprofit healthcare system, which includes independent living, assisted living and other offerings along the long-term care continuum, secured a share of $2 million in city funding to launch the program, known as SkillSpring.

1 week ago | mcknightsseniorliving.com | Kimberly Bonvissuto

Participants in a recent study reacted in various ways when they learned about their risk for Alzheimer’s disease, leading researchers to underscore the importance of how such news is delivered — and whether it should be delivered at all. A study, the results of which were published in the journal Alzheimer’s & Dementia, followed 199 healthy adults who underwent amyloid positron emission tomography, or PET, scans to check for the presence of amyloid beta in their brains.

1 week ago | mcknightsseniorliving.com | Kathleen Steele Gaivin

If the Federal Medical Assistance Percentage, or FMAP, drops below its current 50% threshold, 10 states and Washington, DC, could lose $468 million in Medicaid funding over the next decade, according to an analysis by the Urban Institute’s Heath Policy Center. Of that amount, $161.1 billion would be related to the elderly. FMAP is the percentage of Medicaid funding that the federal government reimburses to states.

1 week ago | mcknightsseniorliving.com | Kathleen Steele Gaivin

Employees with higher incomes and education levels are more likely than others to anticipate needing long-term care in the future, according to an issue brief published by the Employee Benefit Research Institute. The Employee Long-Term Care Survey, fielded late last year, questioned 2,445 workers aged 20 to 74 regarding their awareness of, access to and perspectives on long-term care financing.