128 charges against 3 highlight importance of licensed assisted living facilities, ombudsman says
By
Lois A. Bowers
Jul 25, 2019
Three Maryland residents face a collective 128 charges of abuse and neglect of a vulnerable adult, financial exploitation of a vulnerable adult, embezzlement, theft, fraud and operating a combined total...
Senior living operator’s wildfire response inspires abandonment law
By
Lois A. Bowers
Jun 28, 2019
A bill motivated by a California senior living operator’s handling of an evacuation during wildfires in 2017 was signed into law Wednesday by state Gov. Gavin Newsom.
Utah’s Silver Alert program to go into effect later this year
By
Lois A. Bowers
Apr 09, 2019
Utah’s Silver Alert program, designed to help locate older adults with dementia who are missing, was signed into law by Gov. Gary Herbert on March 21 and is expected to go into effect later this year.
Providers seek more information on how medical cannabis legislation applies to assisted living
By
Lois A. Bowers
Mar 05, 2019
As a bill designed to expand access to medical cannabis heads for potential signing, associations representing assisted living operators are looking for guidance on whether it applies to assisted living...
Ballot initiative could hurt assisted living access and affordability, group says
By
Lois A. Bowers
Sep 14, 2018
A state ballot initiative that would limit how many people could be assigned to each registered nurse in hospitals and certain other healthcare facilities ultimately would hurt assisted living access and...
Nursing home workforce shortages hit Minnesota the hardest, California the least
By
Ron Rajecki
Apr 18, 2022
Minnesota’s nursing homes reported the largest staffing shortages in the country, according to an analysis of Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services data conducted by Seniorly.
Court: Service plan required for assisted living benefits under Medicaid
By
Lois A. Bowers
Oct 03, 2016
The state of Ohio will not be required to pay retroactively for benefits that Medicaid-eligible assisted living residents received before their written service plans were approved by the state, the U.S....
Pennsylvania: Managed LTSS plan in the works
By
Lois A. Bowers
Aug 26, 2015
Pennsylvania’s human services and aging departments are developing a plan for managed long-term services and supports at the request of Gov. Tom Wolf.
State lax in nursing home funding during pandemic: study
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
May 12, 2021
A new study concludes that Connecticut health officials were lax in their funding and regulation of nursing homes during the first year of the coronavirus pandemic.
More news for Friday, April 15
Apr 15, 2022
NJ clarifies assisted living COVID-19 vaccination requirements … California assisted living provider ordered to pay $176,000 in back wages … More could seek respite care from assisted living providers...