National study reveals how COVID-19 affected assisted living at height of pandemic
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Aug 19, 2021
A rolling national study is providing insights for the first time into how COVID-19 affected assisted living and similar residential care communities in the United States during the height of the pandemic.
Pfizer, BioNTech submit FDA application for additional COVID-19 booster dose for older adults
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Mar 16, 2022
Pfizer and BioNTech announced Tuesday night that they submitted an application to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for emergency use authorization of an additional COVID-19 booster dose for older...
CDC offers guidelines on handling ‘twindemic’ of coronavirus, flu in assisted living
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Dec 04, 2020
As influenza season gears up at a time when assisted living communities and other long-term care facilities are still reeling from a global pandemic, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is offering...
AGS policy brief bolsters calls for assisted living to be priority for resources in pandemic
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Apr 30, 2020
A new policy brief from the American Geriatrics Society offers a roadmap to help guide government officials addressing COVID-19 concerns in assisted living communities, reinforcing industry calls for resources.
New COVID-19 guidance gives assisted living providers much more flexibility
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Sep 27, 2022
Senior living experts have welcomed revised COVID-19 infection prevention and control guidance for healthcare settings, saying it provides more flexibility for providers to respond to current local conditions.
Assisted living providers could be federal audit targets over use of Provider Relief Fund dollars
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Oct 13, 2021
Assisted living providers have benefited from CARES Act Provider Relief Fund monies over the past year to help them with pandemic-related expenses, but the federal government is “salivating” over the...
When COVID case counts are low, relax but prepare for future outbreaks: speaker
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Mar 24, 2022
It’s OK to relax a little and take off that mask when community COVID-19 transmission rates are low. But an epidemiologist says that that’s also the time to prepare.
Move-ins rebound thanks to senior living’s ‘adaptability’ to pandemic challenges: data expert
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Nov 16, 2022
The pace of senior living move-ins today exceeds pre-pandemic levels due to what data experts are calling a “testament to the adaptability” of communities to implement infection control measures and...
CDC updates COVID-19 reporting, infection control guidance for assisted living communities
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jun 02, 2020
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention updated its guidance to assisted living communities on Friday, providing recommendations on infection reporting, visitor restrictions and group activities.The...
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
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