Monitoring Provider Relief Fund will provide lessons, inform future policymaking: report
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Sep 02, 2022
Given the “controversy” surrounding the $178 billion distributed through the COVID-19 Provider Relief Fund, monitoring the impact of the fund will provide valuable lessons for pandemic recovery and...
516 days and counting on wait for Provider Relief Fund dollars: Argentum
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Aug 26, 2021
After successfully blocking attempts to use unspent Provider Relief Fund dollars to fund a bipartisan infrastructure package, which passed the Senate earlier this month, senior living advocates are turning...
Workers, residents should be prioritized for COVID-19 vaccine, senior living industry representatives...
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Sep 03, 2020
The first available vaccines against SARS-CoV-2 should go to frontline healthcare workers — including those who work in assisted living communities — and first responders, according to draft recommendations...
Vaccine uptake continues to lag among senior living staff members
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Apr 02, 2021
Just after passing the one-year anniversary of COVID-19 wreaking havoc within senior living and other sectors in long-term care, providers continue to be challenged trying to increase staff vaccination...
‘Still work to do’: Nonrural providers, affordable senior housing operators need help, LeadingAge...
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Mar 09, 2021
As the $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan Act appears to be headed for President Biden’s desk for his signature in the coming days without additional direct relief for most aging services providers,...
New HHS Secretary Becerra considered ‘friend of long-term care causes’
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Lois A. Bowers
Mar 19, 2021
Thursday’s news of California Attorney General Xavier Becerra’s confirmation as secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services was met with enthusiasm and pleas for pandemic-related...
Assisted living communities should be integrated into greater community, report recommends
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Sep 08, 2022
Assisted living communities and other congregate care settings are “vital” and should be more fully integrated into surrounding communities through short-term respite care, adult day services, and...
Unified industry voice faces COVID-19 challenges to support older adults
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Oct 09, 2020
Crisis causes focus. And during the COVID-19 crisis, top senior living industry leaders have combined efforts to amplify their voices and work toward a common goal of supporting older Americans.
Sign-on bonuses popular for recruitment. Benefits changes, merit pay? Not so much
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jan 24, 2022
Sign-on bonuses have proved popular among assisted living operators in attracting new employees during the pandemic, but changes to benefits eligibility and merit increases have not been, according to...
Preparing for COVID, flu, monkeypox — moving from surviving to thriving
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Sep 28, 2022
COVID-19 permanently changed the work environment and how care is delivered inside long-term care facilities, said noted infectious disease expert Deborah Birx, MD, to a nationwide group of senior care...