Michigan rolls out staffing support for assisted living during pandemic
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Nov 05, 2020
New rapid response teams rolled out by state health officials in Michigan are meant to help assisted living communities and other long-term care facilities in Michigan hit by staffing shortages during...
Assisted living operators must implement plans to prevent social isolation under new law
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Oct 27, 2020
A bill requiring long-term care facilities, including assisted living communities, to prevent social isolation in residents was signed into law Friday in New Jersey.
New laws address long-term care workforce wages, infectious disease preparedness
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Sep 18, 2020
New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy has signed a legislative package meant to address issues in the long-term care industry, including wages for frontline workers and response coordination for infectious disease...
‘Beginning to crumble’: Providers face operational crisis in battling COVID-19
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Sep 17, 2020
A survey of long-term care providers in Pennsylvania provides a “sobering” look at how the pandemic is affecting operations and should be cause for “immediate alarm,” according to an association...
Delaware to begin reviewing indoor visitation plans for assisted living communities today
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Sep 08, 2020
Delaware will begin reviewing proposed plans from eligible assisted living communities and nursing homes to begin reopening for indoor visitation.
Limited outdoor visitation coming to South Carolina assisted living communities
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Sep 02, 2020
South Carolina released new guidance for limited outdoor visitation at assisted living communities and nursing homes on Tuesday, following criteria from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention,...
Task force trying to avoid ‘recipe for disaster’ in reopening senior living communities
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Aug 21, 2020
Recommendations from a state task force on reopening Florida’s long-term care facilities, including assisted living communities, to visitation could be on Gov. Ron DeSantis’ desk by next week.
Immunity protections removed for senior living communities, executives
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Aug 06, 2020
New York state is walking back its blanket protections granted to senior living communities and nursing homes during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Aging services providers, ‘hurtling towards a fiscal cliff,’ seek federal resources
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jul 21, 2020
As Florida has become the “epicenter of the COVID-19 pandemic” and the Trump administration seeks to block COVID-19 funding for states, national and state aging services organizations on Monday released...
California sees double-digit growth in assisted living, with need expected to increase: study
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jul 20, 2020
California has mirrored the country in double-digit growth in the number of assisted living beds and residents in recent years, with need expected to increase further with the aging population, according...