NIC to study effects of COVID-19 in various senior housing and care settings
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Sep 30, 2020
A new national study funded by the National Investment Center for Seniors Housing & Care will reveal how the effects of COVID-19 on residents differ between various senior housing and care settings to...
New laws address long-term care workforce wages, infectious disease preparedness
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Sep 18, 2020
New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy has signed a legislative package meant to address issues in the long-term care industry, including wages for frontline workers and response coordination for infectious disease...
‘Beginning to crumble’: Providers face operational crisis in battling COVID-19
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Sep 17, 2020
A survey of long-term care providers in Pennsylvania provides a “sobering” look at how the pandemic is affecting operations and should be cause for “immediate alarm,” according to an association...
Delaware to begin reviewing indoor visitation plans for assisted living communities today
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Sep 08, 2020
Delaware will begin reviewing proposed plans from eligible assisted living communities and nursing homes to begin reopening for indoor visitation.
Limited outdoor visitation coming to South Carolina assisted living communities
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Sep 02, 2020
South Carolina released new guidance for limited outdoor visitation at assisted living communities and nursing homes on Tuesday, following criteria from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention,...
Communities face potential investigation, legal action over $900 COVID-19 fee allegedly charged to residents
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Aug 28, 2020
The Michigan Attorney General’s office on Thursday issued a cease and desist letter to 11 senior living communities throughout the state’s Lower Peninsula, along with their parent and management companies,...
Ohio pauses statewide assisted living COVID-19 testing initiative over ‘inconsistencies’
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Aug 28, 2020
Ohio hit the pause button two days into a statewide saliva-based testing initiative at all licensed assisted living communities in the state after “testing data inconsistencies” at some communities.
Task force trying to avoid ‘recipe for disaster’ in reopening senior living communities
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Aug 21, 2020
Recommendations from a state task force on reopening Florida’s long-term care facilities, including assisted living communities, to visitation could be on Gov. Ron DeSantis’ desk by next week.
AHCA / NCAL asks federal government to extend public health emergency, prioritize assisted living for...
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jul 08, 2020
The federal government should extend the public health emergency declaration beyond July 26 and prioritize assisted living communities and nursing homes when a COVID-19 vaccination becomes available, American...
Strong job growth predicted for aides and other care positions in senior living and other settings
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jun 30, 2020
Some of the fastest-growing occupations in New York between 2016 and 2026 are expected to be positions found in senior living communities and other healthcare settings, according to an annual report on...