Post-Acute

The Stroke Rehab Program at Lumberton, N.J.-based Mount Holly Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center has been certified by the American Heart Association. It is the first facility in the U.S. to earn this distinction. 

Seattle-based Aegis Living Greenwood was named the top senior living facility as part of Seniorly's Best of Senior Living Awards for 2025.

Staffing declines at skilled nursing facilities can be tied to changes in ownership, according to a study published Feb. 27 in The Journal of Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medicine.

The pace of merger and acquisitions within the not-for-profit older adult living industry "remained stable" in 2024, according to a report published March 4 by Kaufman Hall.

Renton, Wash.-based Providence is preparing to sell 10 skilled nursing facilities across four states to The Ensign Group, a publicly traded holding company based in San Juan Capistrano, Calif.

Long-term care facilities in the U.S. bore the brunt of a recent listeria outbreak tied to frozen supplemental nutrition shakes, according to a Feb. 24 update from the FDA. 

Cleveland Clinic's geriatric emergency department model led to an overall reduction in admissions of older ED patients of 42%, and reduced the odds of admission for older ED observational patients by 73%.

Sepsis ranked as the most common reason for hospitalization among older adults, a KFF report found.

Set to take effect in less than a year, more than 700 hospitals across the U.S. are gearing up to adhere to a new alternative payment system from CMS, called the Transforming Episode Accountability Model. 

Durham, N.C.-based Duke Health has partnered with Raleigh, N.C.-based WakeMed and Brentwood, Tenn.-based Lifepoint Health to open the new Peak Rehabilitation Hospital in Apex, N.C.