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...
COVID-19 battle not over, but Brookdale at ‘positive inflection point,’ CEO says
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
May 10, 2021
Senior living is at a “positive inflection point” as sales and move-ins trend up, vaccination numbers increase and COVID-19 cases decrease, Brookdale Senior Living President and CEO Lucinda “Cindy”...
Winning the tug-of-war with home health staff development
By
Don Spiers
Mar 18, 2021
It’s a huge advantage for home health to have more patients and wider access to a variety of referral streams. But we have seen some difficulties related to that shift too.
Identifying highest-risk assisted living communities key to tackling next outbreak: report
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
May 22, 2024
The public health response to COVID-19 in assisted living communities in New York highlights the need to identify those communities at highest risk of infectious disease outbreaks to provide necessary...
Senior living industry better prepared to weather future pandemics: Invesque CEO
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Nov 13, 2020
The senior living industry faces COVID-19 headwinds that are expected to continue into 2021, but Invesque Chairman and CEO Scott White said he is confident the industry has “figured out how to handle...
COVID-19 vaccine now a condition of employment for some senior living operators
By
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.
Assisted living community starts online petition seeking funds to fight COVID-19 as Argentum plans letter-writing...
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jul 02, 2020
A two-month battle with COVID-19 left staff and residents of Cherry Springs Village battered. Now the assisted living community is asking lawmakers not to leave them behind.
Rule on $350 billion in COVID funding provides opportunities for senior living
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jan 11, 2022
A final rule on how states and local governments can spend $350 billion in COVID-19 prevention and mitigation funds provides a new opportunity for senior living providers to secure funding for pandemic-related...
Capital Senior Living ‘at inflection point,’ CEO says
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
May 14, 2021
With the “grips of the pandemic” easing considerably over the past few months, and a 93% vaccination rate among its residents, Capital Senior Living President and CEO Kimberly Lody said signs of recovery...
30 percent of senior living members still report PPE challenges, Argentum, ASHA say
By
Lois A. Bowers
May 26, 2020
Almost one-third (30%) of senior living companies that are members of Argentum or the American Seniors Housing Association still face challenges in securing adequate personal protective equipment in the...