Act would remove barriers to healthcare licensing across state lines … Legislation would tighten background checks for would-be guardians … Bill calls for creation of special commission to coordinate...
Home Care briefs for Friday, March 26
By
Joe Jancsurak
Mar 26, 2021
Home care workers in 16 cities Thursday demand Biden invest $450B in caregiving … Novus Hospice CEO pleads guilty to healthcare fraud … University of Cincinnati researchers invent telehealth...
More news for Tuesday, Feb. 7
Feb 06, 2017
Search for Alzheimer’s drugs is more urgent than ever … How would Republican plans for Medicaid block grants actually work? … Long-term care advocates call on Canadian government to invest...
Five Star tells Senior Star it must wait to try to increase stake in company
By
Lois A. Bowers
Oct 27, 2016
Two Five Star Quality Care shareholders will have to put on hold their plans to substantially increase their stake in the company until after March 31, the company said in a letter Thursday.
More news for Friday, Oct. 27
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Oct 27, 2023
Assisted living worker charged with murder after shoving resident … Personality changes prior to cognitive impairment aren’t predictive of dementia … CDC releases COVID-19, RSV vaccine information...
Utah camera bill moves to Senate
By
Lois A. Bowers
Feb 15, 2016
A bill that would require assisted living communities to grant resident requests to install monitoring equipment in their rooms unanimously passed out of the Utah House of Representatives Feb. 12 and has...
More news for Friday, Nov. 3
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Nov 03, 2023
Neighoborhood environments can influence modifiable factors for Alzheimer’s, dementias … Former assisted living owner to undergo competency evaluation in exploitation case … Enhanced tai chi program...
Bill seeks to launch national pilot program of Section 202, Section 8 intergenerational housing
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
May 08, 2023
Proposed national legislation would enable affordable senior housing providers to retrofit and improve accessibility at their properties to better support older adult residents who are raising their grandchildren.
Assisted living providers prohibited from denying employee COVID vaccine exemption requests
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Apr 22, 2022
An amendment to an existing state law expands protections for employees subject to employer COVID-19 vaccine mandates, further complicating the pandemic landscape for assisted living providers in Tennessee.
Almost $50 million in COVID-19 aid headed to Georgia assisted living communities
By
Amy Novotney
Mar 15, 2022
Approximately $47 million in grants will be doled out to assisted living communities and personal care homes with 25 beds or more. Facilities can apply for up to $100,000 to assist with securing COVID-19...