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Study identifies risk factors for fall-related transfers among nursing home residents … Labor Department announces new overtime pay threshold for possible 3.6 million workers … SavaSeniorCare to pay...

Iowa CCRC placed in receivership over $15M loan debt … FDA recalls two more eye drop brands in ongoing investigation of fungal infections that started with LTC patients … Minnesota hires director with...

Connecticut nursing home seeks to close citing low census, $500K loss … Positive ‘resilience factors’ can help older adults mitigate negative effects of loneliness … Transgender adults worried...

CDC expects new COVID shots in mid-September … South Dakota loses third nursing home in 2023; at least 15th since 2017 … 1 in 10 Hawaiian hospital beds held by patients waiting for LTC … 25 members...

CMS materials from MDS training sessions now available online … CDC: New COVID lineage could infect those previously vaccinated … New enforcement wave linked to $836M in COVID relief fraud, including...