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State Medicaid directors urge caution on Graham-Cassidy reforms
By
Lois A. Bowers
Sep 22, 2017
The Graham-Cassidy bill to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act contains “significant challenges” that deserve “thorough discussion, examination and analysis,” the National...
New sales and cost-reduction initiatives should help future performance, Capital says
By
Lois A. Bowers
May 03, 2018
Capital Senior Living saw occupancy dip in the first quarter, but new sales and marketing initiatives, as well as efforts to reduce costs through the centralization of several operating functions, should...
Operators, workers should be protected from COVID-19 lawsuits, association says
By
Lois A. Bowers
Apr 13, 2020
Assisted living communities and skilled nursing facilities, and the people who work for them, should be “protected from liability” for treating anyone with COVID-19 during the current pandemic, the...
Federal LGBTQ+ protections for long-term care residents included in ‘first-of-its-kind’ executive...
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jun 16, 2022
Federal protections for LGBTQ+ long-term care residents were included in a “first-of-its-kind” executive order signed Wednesday by President Biden.
The order, which marks Pride Month, June, directs...
‘Going back to where we were is not an option’: LeadingAge CEO
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Oct 25, 2021
As legislators negotiate places to trim President Biden’s $3.5 trillion Build Back Better plan, putting the needs of older Americans “on the chopping block” would be “one of their greatest failures...
People in the News, June 5
By
Meredith Beirne
May 06, 2018
Promotions and appointments at Cadence Senior Living, Eastcastle Place Health and Rehabilitation, Erickson Living, Hammond Glen Retirement Community, Harbor’s Edge, Integral Senior Living, Juniper...
Studies offer hope for Alzheimer’s prevention, diagnosis, treatment
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Lois A. Bowers
Sep 23, 2015
As World Alzheimer’s Month nears its end, numerous studies are shedding light on the workings of the brain and offering hope for new methods of prevention, diagnosis and treatment of Alzheimer’s...
Proposed $4.1 trillion budget has several senior housing and care provisions
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Lois A. Bowers
Feb 09, 2016
President Barack Obama has released his $4.1 trillion federal budget proposal for fiscal year 2017, and it contains several provisions related to senior housing and care.
Alleged senior living murders spark several bills that would increase regulation
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Mar 17, 2021
A bipartisan group of Texas lawmakers has introduced a group of bills in response to a series of suspected murders in Dallas-area senior living communities thought to be tied to alleged serial killer Billy...