HIGN News
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The Designation of Excellence in Person-Centered Long-Term
September 16, 2025 | Tara A. Cortes PhD, RN, FAAN, FGSA Executive Director & Professor of Geriatric Nursing, HIGN at NYU Meyers & Shih-Yin Lin MM, MPH, PhD Senior Research Scientist & Project Director, HIGN at NYU Meyers
The Designation of Excellence in Person-Centered Long-Term Care, developed through a partnership between The Mayer-Rothschild Foundation and HIGN/NYU Meyers is the recognition of a long-term community for its commitment to the practice of person-centered care.

Falling Through the Cracks
July 28, 2025 | Shiya Lian, BSN
Shiya Lian, BSN graduate of NYU Meyers and a previous HIGN Scholar, wrote a column for McKnight's Long-Term Care news on the high rate of falls among older adults in nursing homes.

Novel LTC Nursing Residency Program Nets Retention Gains, Aims for Replication Nationwide
July 22, 2025 | Kimberly Marselas
A recently published column in McKnight’s Long-Term Care News highlighted the success of HIGN at NYU Meyers' Nurse Residency Program in Long-Term Care, which demonstrated an 80% nurse retention rate after being implemented at seven ArchCare nursing homes.

The Health and Tax Bill
July 8, 2025 | Tara A. Cortes, PhD, RN, FAAN, FGSA Executive Director & Professor of Geriatric Nursing, NYU Rory Meyers College of Nursing
H.R.1, The One Big Beautiful Bill Act, passed the Senate and the House with a big cut to healthcare.