A LeadingAge survey measuring the effects of COVID-19 on affordable senior housing providers found spikes in COVID-19 cases at communities, severe financial strain among providers and concerns about resident...
Omega opens 2021 with $510M Brookdale acquisition, ‘far more selective’ approach to senior living...
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Feb 08, 2021
Omega Healthcare Investors started the year by completing a $510 million deal with Healthpeak Properties that resulted in the acquisition of 24 Brookdale Senior Living communities.
Feds launch next phase of federal vaccine rollout, expanding access to underserved populations
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Feb 03, 2021
The Biden administration on Tuesday announced the Feb. 11 launch of the Federal Retail Pharmacy Program, expected to help federal and state officials expand vaccine access, including potentially independent...
Bipartisan legislation seeks $400 million for long-term care training, buildout of national immunization...
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jan 29, 2021
Two House lawmakers introduced legislation Thursday that seeks $400 million to provide training in long-term care facilities and facilitate data-sharing between states and the federal government to hasten...
Residents, family members highly satisfied with senior living community response to COVID-19
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Lynn Ackerman, Ph.D.
Jan 28, 2021
Data from Sensight Surveys show that many senior living communities across the United States and Canada are perceived to have done an excellent job keeping residents safe during the pandemic.
COVID-19 liability shields may lead to neglect, critics argue
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Amy Novotney
Jan 28, 2021
North Carolina is just one of dozens of states that has granted legal immunity to skilled nursing facilities and assisted living communities to shield them from COVID-19-related lawsuits. In addition,...
Documentation key in avoiding COVID-19 employment and wrongful death lawsuits
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Amy Novotney
Jan 22, 2021
As of Wednesday, more than 8,000 COVID-19-related complaints have been filed across the United States, according to a national lawsuit tracker by international law firm Hunton Andrews Kurth. Although many...
COVID-19 vaccine now a condition of employment for some senior living operators
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jan 12, 2021
Some senior living operators are moving to make a COVID-19 vaccination a condition of employment to more quickly mitigate the effect of the virus in their communities.
CVS: Independent living residents will continue to wait for COVID-19 vaccination
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jan 05, 2021
Independent living residents, even those who live in continuing care retirement / life plan communities, will have to continue to wait for COVID-19 vaccination, according to a retail pharmacy giant providing...