New COVID-19 guidance gives assisted living providers much more flexibility
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Sep 27, 2022
Senior living experts have welcomed revised COVID-19 infection prevention and control guidance for healthcare settings, saying it provides more flexibility for providers to respond to current local conditions.
House subcommittee hearing highlights 6 actions for lawmakers, nursing homes
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Sep 22, 2022
Federal and state lawmakers must work with nursing homes on six actions related to care quality and support, Alice Bonner, PhD, RN, FAAN, told the House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis at...
Business briefs, Sept. 16
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Sep 16, 2022
In ‘scavenger hunt’ economy, providers will need to seize the right opportunities … States increasing regulation of assisted living, with more to come: NCAL … Investing in people, innovation, efficiencies...
Clearing immigration’s ‘insurmountable roadblocks’ a chance to address worker shortages, industry...
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Sep 15, 2022
Clearing “insurmountable roadblocks” to immigration would help address critical workforce shortages in the senior living industry, an industry leader told the Senate Judiciary subcommittee in response...
Members of Congress call on CMS to collaborate in addressing nursing home workforce challenges
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Sep 14, 2022
A bipartisan group of members of the House of Representatives is looking to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to work with them to resolve workforce shortages experienced by nursing homes across...
People in the news, Sept. 13
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Sep 13, 2022
Appointments, promotions and other news at Arete Living, Brookdale Senior Living, Catamount Constructors, Hebrew SeniorLife, IHCA/INCAL, Legend Senior Living, Lenbrook, Nazareth Home, Presbyterian Senior...
New program aims to improve long-term care vaccination rates, care by building trust
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Sep 13, 2022
Providers of skilled nursing and assisted living need to develop trust-building skills and practices to continue to increase vaccine uptake and staff member retention as well as improve infection prevention...
More news for Monday, Sept. 12
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Sep 12, 2022
National Assisted Living Week begins … MIT fellows look to German elder care model to improve US LTSS system … Kramer: Future of senior living rests on reframing health, healthcare … Poor periodontal...
Business briefs, Sept. 12
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Sep 12, 2022
Senators re-introduce Nationwide Right to Unionize Act … Labor Department to publish new independent contractor rule … National Assisted Living Week begins … Survey: Nurses love work but are...
Age rarely used as DEI marker, studies find
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Sep 09, 2022
As companies strive to hire a diverse mix of employees based on gender, racial background and culture, one marker is starkly missing in most diversity, inclusion and equity statements, according to research...