Thousands may be headed back to work after ruling on COVID-19 staff vaccine mandate
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Oct 14, 2021
Thousands of healthcare workers suspended for not complying with New York’s COVID-19 vaccination mandate could be headed back to the front lines after a federal judge extended an order Tuesday requiring...
Bill runs counter to ‘groundbreaking’ assisted living licensure laws, industry representatives say
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jul 16, 2020
Elder care advocates and some lawmakers are supporting a “far-reaching” bill introduced in the Minnesota legislature that would increase state oversight of assisted living communities. But industry...
More news for Monday, Dec. 13
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Dec 13, 2021
Missouri latest state to introduce essential caregiver bill … Assisted living communities may offer promising future for older adults with serious mental illness: paper … LGBTQ advocates launch consumer...
‘Natural immunity’ now satisfies employer vaccine mandates in Utah
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Mar 30, 2022
Natural immunity to COVID-19 infection could allow Utah senior living and other workers to sidestep workplace vaccine mandates.
More news for Tuesday, Aug. 31
Aug 31, 2021
Groups request extension for vaccine mandate in Maine … Senior housing providers can take action to protect older adults from the end of eviction moratorium … Multiple defendants indicted in ‘grandparent...
NIC to study effects of COVID-19 in various senior housing and care settings
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Sep 30, 2020
A new national study funded by the National Investment Center for Seniors Housing & Care will reveal how the effects of COVID-19 on residents differ between various senior housing and care settings to...
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...
Senior living industry bracing for effects state reopening will have on residents, staff
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
May 04, 2020
As states begin to reopen in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, the long-term care industry is taking a more cautious approach to relaxing the protocols put in place over the past two months.
Oregon law may prevent operators from mandating COVID vaccines for some workers; Colorado mandates testing...
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jul 27, 2021
Although national long-term care and healthcare groups are backing mandatory COVID-19 vaccination for workers, a 32-year-old law might prevent some operators in one state from moving forward on that front....
$1.3 billion omnibus bill targets Minnesota’s long-term care workforce crisis
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Apr 28, 2022
A comprehensive health and human services reform bill passed Tuesday by the Minnesota Senate aims to address the state’s long-term care workforce crisis.