Senior living technology spending returns to ‘normal priorities’ in wake of COVID-19 pandemic
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jan 27, 2023
Technology investments in senior living and care are returning to “normal priorities” after a prior focus on COVID-19 pandemic and infection control systems, according to the results of a new survey.
What these senior living operators did to get through pandemic COVID-free
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Mar 24, 2021
Remaining COVID-free during a global pandemic, according to the leader of a Wichita, KS, assisted living community, took a group effort of strict adherence to infection prevention protocols.
CDC updates assisted living guidance for face masks, testing, quarantine
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Sep 14, 2021
Assisted living communities should follow the same infection prevention and control procedures as retirement and independent living communities in most cases, according to updated federal guidance related...
COVID-19 battle not over, but Brookdale at ‘positive inflection point,’ CEO says
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
May 10, 2021
Senior living is at a “positive inflection point” as sales and move-ins trend up, vaccination numbers increase and COVID-19 cases decrease, Brookdale Senior Living President and CEO Lucinda “Cindy”...
These factors place staff, residents at higher risk of infectious disease
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jan 20, 2021
Spread in the greater community, staff member infections, facility size and the racial makeup of residents are among the factors associated with COVID-19 cases and deaths in long-term care facilities,...
Senior living communities turn to wearable technology for contact tracing of COVID-19
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
May 21, 2020
With senior living communities serving as potential hot spots for COVID-19, operators are looking at all types of infection control measures to contain or prevent the spread of the deadly virus.
More news for Wednesday, March 22
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Mar 22, 2023
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...
‘Calm preparedness’ carries community through COVID-19 breakthrough infections
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Aug 31, 2021
Kendal at Oberlin, a Northeast Ohio life plan community, went 16 months without a resident coronavirus case. Then a resident’s fever prompted a rapid test within the past month, which came back positive.
Staffer died because resident wasn’t properly screened, lawsuit alleges
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Dec 16, 2020
A California memory care operator is being sued by the family of a 32-year-old worker who died from COVID-19 complications after the community allegedly failed to properly screen a new resident.
Pandemic drives technology uptake in senior living communities
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Nov 14, 2022
The pandemic not only sped up the adoption of technology in the senior living and care field; it also opened the door to a variety of new technologies that one expert said are here to stay.