Educating or ‘taking a stand’? Associations differ on approach to long-term care worker COVID vaccination
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jul 27, 2021
A growing number of professional associations are calling for COVID-19 vaccination requirements for healthcare workers, but at least one major organization is pumping the brakes on calling for an industry-wide...
Long-term care leaders call for investments in ‘infrastructure for aging’
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jul 22, 2021
As Congress and the administration negotiate the details of an infrastructure agreement that could top $1.2 trillion, organizations representing senior living and other long-term care providers are calling...
Senior living leaders hopeful $3.5 trillion budget bill will remember providers
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jul 15, 2021
Senate Democrats announced a $3.5 trillion budget agreement on Tuesday, and although details are limited on how the package specifically might affect aging services providers, senior living leaders remain...
49 percent of assisted living providers operating at a loss: survey
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jun 30, 2021
Assisted living providers continue to face a serious economic crisis in the wake of the pandemic, according to the results of a new survey. A separate survey finds that Americans agree that more needs...
New legislation takes steps to close HCBS gap for older adults: senior living experts
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jun 28, 2021
Although a bipartisan infrastructure deal reached Thursday did not include much-sought-after funding for home- and community-based services and affordable housing, the senior living industry is hailing...
Town hall aims to push long-term care vaccination levels to 75 percent by July 4
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jun 24, 2021
A virtual town hall on Tuesday focused on answering questions, alleviating concerns and persuading unvaccinated senior living and other long-term care staff members, residents and families to get a COVID-19...
Industry continues to look to immigration reform to help address workforce shortages
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Lois A. Bowers
Jun 21, 2021
President Biden’s immigration reform policies, as well as immigration reform legislation being considered by Congress, offer potential solutions for ongoing workforce shortages affecting senior living,...
‘Gold standard’ for dementia care focuses on person-centered practices: panel
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jun 17, 2021
Designing a quality memory care program for people living with dementia is more than an activity calendar and a locked hallway, according to speakers during Wednesday’s Pioneer Network virtual symposium,...
Joint Commission launches assisted living accreditation program to introduce ‘national, consensus-based...
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jun 08, 2021
The Joint Commission has launched a new assisted living community accreditation program to bring “national, consensus-based standards” to the industry.
Brookdale heads new list of 30 largest assisted living companies
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jun 03, 2021
A list of the 30 largest assisted living companies from the American Health Care Association / National Center for Assisted Living shows Brookdale Senior Living leading the way.