Operator changes plan, will wait for full FDA approval to enforce COVID vaccination deadline for staff
By
Danielle Brown
Jun 10, 2021
An Ohio assisted living and skilled nursing operator now plans to wait until the COVID-19 vaccinations receive full federal approval before enforcing its inoculation mandate for employees after listening...
Nation’s largest nurses union takes aim at CDC over new mask guidance
By
Diane Eastabrook
May 18, 2021
National Nurses United (NNU) slammed the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on its new COVID-19 guidance.
InnovAge grows members, centers in latest quarter as ModivCare weathers pandemic with personal care acquisition
By
Liza Berger
May 14, 2021
InnovAge, a new publicly traded company that contracts with Medicare and Medicaid through the Program for All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE), experienced signs of pandemic recovery in the fiscal...
Ohio drops assisted living staff testing requirement; Florida ends all pandemic restrictions
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
May 05, 2021
Fully vaccinated assisted living staff in Ohio now are exempt from routine COVID-19 testing, according to a new Ohio Department of Health order.
Fully vaccinated assisted living residents, workers can resume group activities, communal dining: CDC
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Apr 28, 2021
Fully vaccinated assisted living residents can resume group activities and communal dining without masking or observing social distancing restrictions, according to new guidance released Tuesday by the...
Continue to be careful
By
Lois A. Bowers
Apr 19, 2021
Recent COVID-19 outbreaks among vaccinated residents at senior living communities are a reminder that we all should continue to be careful.
COVID-19 vaccine pause spurs concerns about access, staff hesitancy in senior living
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Apr 14, 2021
Vaccine hesitancy among senior living and skilled nursing staff members took another hit Tuesday after federal health officials recommended a pause on the use of the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine...
Help home care workers receive their shots
By
Liza Berger
Apr 09, 2021
If we want to prevent future illness of patients and staff and defeat the virus, we need to make it possible for home care workers to have access to this potentially lifesaving treatment.
Long-term care provider cites ‘moral and ethical duty’ to residents in mandating employee coronavirus...
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Apr 05, 2021
As long-term care staff member COVID-19 vaccination rates continue to lag nationally, an Ohio provider is joining a growing industry trend of mandating employee vaccination out of a sense of “moral and...
As vaccination continues, industry faces challenges
By
John Hall
Apr 01, 2021
Field confronts distribution problems along with attitudinal resistance related to COVID-19 vaccines.