ARPA-funded projects aim to collect data on assisted living, help retain workers
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Feb 02, 2023
Efforts to track data on assisted living communities, retain workers and encourage planning for long-term care are among the projects receiving technical assistance from a national nonprofit to launch...
Ruling strikes down vaccination mandate, but industry experts say it won’t help with hiring
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jan 30, 2023
A New York court ruling striking down the state’s COVID-19 vaccination mandate for healthcare workers won’t have much of an impact on senior living providers who continue to face a workforce crisis,...
Attorney general asks Good Samaritan, Ebenezer parent organizations to delay merger
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jan 27, 2023
The Minnesota attorney general’s office is asking the parent organizations of the Evangelical Lutheran Good Samaritan Society and Ebenezer Senior Living — Sanford Health and Fairview Health Services,...
Providers ‘barely surviving’ as lawmakers debate increasing Medicaid reimbursement rates
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jan 23, 2023
Assisted living and other long-term care operators in Montana are “barely surviving” due to increased operational costs, providers testified before the Montana state legislature’s health and human...
Senior living provider with history of wage violations cited for $690,000 in back pay, penalties
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jan 13, 2023
Denying full wages, deducting for meal breaks and failing to keep time and payroll records has left a California senior living provider on the hook for more than $690,000 in back wages and penalties.
AARP calls for assisted living oversight, expanded care options following neglect violations
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jan 10, 2023
Recent emergency evacuations and license suspensions at four South Carolina assisted living communities over accusation of “squalid conditions” and neglect have led one state organization to call for...
27 states to raise minimum wage in 2023
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jan 03, 2023
Twenty-seven states rang in the new year with increases or planned increases to their minimum wage rate. Most took effect Jan. 1, but others will become effective later in the year.
Training, wage improvements necessary to increase supply of direct care workers, task force says
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Dec 20, 2022
Competitive compensation, skills training and job improvements are among the recommendations a state task force made to lawmakers to increase the supply of direct care workers in assisted living communities...
Ruling clears way for class-action suit over CCRC refunds
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Dec 14, 2022
A class-action lawsuit filed in 2013 against a senior living operator alleging consumer fraud over refunds to continuing care retirement community residents can move forward after a New Jersey judge denied...
LeadingAge Minnesota Foundation invests $400,000 in 24 workforce grants
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Dec 06, 2022
The LeadingAge Minnesota Foundation has announced $400,000 in grants to support the senior living and care workforce.