‘We can no longer ignore this’: Affordable long-term care is urgent priority, panelists say
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Dec 10, 2020
The nation’s population is aging, and with 70% of Americans aged 65 or more years requiring long-term care at some point, access to affordable care is becoming an urgent priority, according to panelists...
COVID-19 crisis exposes flaws in long-term care system, report says
By
Lois A. Bowers
Apr 29, 2020
A new report offers some reasons why long-term care leaders have been struggling to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic, and it also provides some potential solutions to those challenges, according to PHI.
Senate leader promises coronavirus relief this week as U.S. cases, deaths increase and senior living...
By
Lois A. Bowers
Mar 18, 2020
As coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) spreads in the U.S. and senior living companies face increasing challenges, the Senate on Tuesday did not vote on a relief bill passed by the House. Senate Majority...
Advance care planning is appropriate and necessary for all senior living residents
By
Diane E. Meier, M.D., FACP
Dec 11, 2017
The best time to complete advance care planning is when things are stable and before a crisis arises for an older adult, and senior living communities can help in the process.
Cutting LTSS funding would be ‘penny wise and pound foolish,’ Collins says
By
Lois A. Bowers
Apr 27, 2017
Federal budget cuts proposed by the Trump administration that affect the delivery of long-term services and supports “are really pennywise and pound foolish, because in the end they’re going...
Omnicare, CVS Health plan ‘vigorous’ defense against fraud lawsuit involving 3,000 senior living...
By
Lois A. Bowers
Dec 18, 2019
Long-term care pharmacy services company Omnicare and parent CVS Health Corp. said Tuesday that they will “vigorously defend” themselves against a federal civil lawsuit alleging that Omnicare fraudulently...
As HHS commits $255 million more for COVID testing in long-term care, vaccines and funding are more urgent...
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Mar 18, 2021
The federal government will invest $255 million to produce and deliver rapid point-of-care COVID-19 antigen tests to support continued screening in long-term care facilities as part of President Biden’s...
The importance of safeguarding older adults in emergencies
By
Dan Wicker
Feb 28, 2019
It is our duty to care for our most valuable resource. Florida and California are setting the pace for the rest of the country to follow.
Long-term care bill overreaches scope of assisted living, senior living reps say
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jun 14, 2021
A bill that senior living experts said overreaches the licensing scope of assisted living communities has passed the Connecticut Legislature and is on its way to the governor to be signed into law.
Operators see victory in amendment to bill that would have prohibited them from asking staff about vaccine...
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
May 03, 2021
A bill under consideration in Montana, which would prohibit employers from asking about and creating protocols related to an individual’s vaccination status, would exempt assisted living communities...