Pennsylvania to develop Master Plan for Older Adults with industry input
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
May 30, 2023
Pennsylvania aging services industry advocates and other stakeholders are gathering input after Gov. Josh Shapiro (D) signed an executive order Thursday creating a Master Plan for Older Adults to address...
Regulation clarifies fingerprint requirements for working in assisted living communities
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Oct 05, 2022
Legislation clarifying who needs to be fingerprinted to work at an assisted living community recently went into effect in Arizona.
PA accepting comments on LTSS plan through Oct. 16
Sep 21, 2015
Pennsylvania’s new plan for managed long-term services and supports for older adults and those with disabilities is expected to serve about 450,000 people once it is fully implemented in 2019.
COVID-19 could delay assisted living oversight regulations in Minnesota
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
May 20, 2020
Citing an urgent need to focus on fighting the COVID-19 pandemic, the Minnesota Department of Health has proposed delaying the implementation of new rules that would increase oversight of assisted living...
Senators propose three ways to address senior living workforce challenges
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Nov 13, 2023
State lawmakers in Pennsylvania have promised to advance a package of bills that would address workforce challenges among senior living and other long-term care providers in the Keystone State.
AHCA / NCAL asks federal government to extend public health emergency, prioritize assisted living for...
By
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...
State, feds take steps to ensure rights for LBGTQ+ seniors, workers
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Dec 04, 2023
New York state and the federal government took steps last week to protect rights for members of the LBGTQ+ community — both those living in long-term care and employed in the workplace at large.
Legislation ‘strikes important balance’ in overhaul of CCRC contracts, provider groups say
By
Lois A. Bowers
May 06, 2019
Florida law regarding continuing care retirement community contracts is poised to change after the Friday passage of HB 1033 by the state legislature. The bill now heads to the governor’s desk, where...
‘Beginning to crumble’: Providers face operational crisis in battling COVID-19
By
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...
Wildfires destroy, force evacuations at California senior living communities
By
Lois A. Bowers
Oct 11, 2017
Several senior living communities have been evacuated, and at least one has been destroyed, as wildfires continue to burn across parts of California.