Pandemic effects linger, requiring adjustments on visitation, staffing: CEO
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Nov 23, 2021
With its first COVID-19 vaccination booster clinic on the calendar for next week, one Washington, D.C.-based long-term care provider said its staff and residents are lining up after seeing the results...
Assisted living misses out on $45 million for COVID testing due to governor’s veto
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jun 04, 2021
Legislation that would have provided $45 million over two years to assisted living communities in Maryland to cover the cost of COVID-19 testing for residents and staff members has been shut down by Gov....
Federal legislation tackles affordable senior housing, elder abuse
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
May 19, 2020
Two pieces of legislation introduced at the federal level aim to support affordable senior housing residents and providers during the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as ensure that elder abuse training materials...
COVID-19 has ‘disproportionate effect’ on long-term care: study
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Lois A. Bowers
Apr 24, 2020
As the House of Representatives passed a $484 billion bill with new COVID-19-related funding, a study published Thursday by the Kaiser Family Foundation finds that COVID-19 has had a “disproportionate...
California restores assisted living death data to COVID-19 website after public outcry
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jul 23, 2020
California has restored the names of assisted living communities where COVID-19-related deaths have occurred to a state website shortly after resident advocates questioned the move and blamed the long-term...
AGS policy brief bolsters calls for assisted living to be priority for resources in pandemic
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Apr 30, 2020
A new policy brief from the American Geriatrics Society offers a roadmap to help guide government officials addressing COVID-19 concerns in assisted living communities, reinforcing industry calls for resources.
Capital Senior Living looks to turnaround strategy to survive ‘challenging’ environment
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
May 22, 2020
Although COVID-19’s negative effects present “substantial” concerns about the company’s future, Capital Senior Living executives said Thursday that the company’s turnaround strategy creates “a...
Half of assisted living providers are operating at a loss, unable to sustain operations another year:...
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Aug 20, 2020
Half of assisted living providers are operating at a loss, and 64% say they won’t be able to sustain operations for another year, according to survey results released Wednesday by the National Center...
Court strikes down pandemic liability shield law for assisted living providers
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Oct 02, 2023
A state COVID-19 immunity shield law for assisted living and other providers has been ruled unconstitutional, which could have major implications for long-term care and other healthcare providers in Arizona.
$484 billion COVID-19 relief bill contains $75 billion for PPE, but will senior living see any of it?
By
Lois A. Bowers
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Apr 22, 2020
The $484 billion funding package passed by the Senate Tuesday afternoon to provide relief from the effects of COVID-19 contains $75 billion for personal protective equipment and other resources for hospitals,...