03/05/2025

PALTC News - March 5

Interest in Senior Living and Care Investments Surges: Report

McKnight's Senior Living
Boosted by a surge in investment activity last year, senior living community and nursing home investments should see strong interest this year, according to JLL's eighth annual Seniors Housing and Care Investor Survey and Trends Outlook. Seventy-eight percent of the investors surveyed indicated that they plan to increase their investment in long-term care in the year ahead. Read more.

How Spring Surveyor Guidance Will Impact Care Transitions in Nursing Homes

Skilled Nursing News
Transitions in nursing home care will be heavily impacted by upcoming surveyor guidance, but operators can prepare by being realistic about admissions, while also cleaning up any gaps in the discharge process. Read more.

Application of an Electronic Frailty Index to Identify High-Risk Older Adults Using Electronic Health Record Data

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society
Measurement of frailty is limited in clinical practice. Existing electronic frailty indices (eFIs) are derived from routine primary care encounters, with near-complete health condition capture. This study was designed to develop an eFI from routinely collected clinical data and evaluate its performance in older adults without complete health condition capture. Read more.