Master Plan for Aging adds dementia screening tool for providers
By
Lois A. Bowers
Apr 17, 2023
Primary care providers in the country’s most populous state have a new screening tool to help them identify cognitive decline in older adults and determine next steps.
Assisted living workforce shortage could be worsened by federal nursing home staffing requirements
By
Lois A. Bowers
Apr 04, 2023
Assisted living communities and personal care homes could lose staff members to nursing homes if a minimum staffing requirement is implemented for nursing facilities by the federal government, according...
Making assisted living communities Medicaid-eligible providers would benefit residents, companies, government,...
By
Lois A. Bowers
Apr 03, 2023
A Pennsylvania legislator has proposed a bill that would allow assisted living communities to become Medicaid-eligible providers, and the results of a new member survey from the Pennsylvania Health Care...
Assisted living communities in more danger of closing than nursing homes
By
Lois A. Bowers
May 09, 2022
Almost 20% (19.5%) of assisted living providers in Minnesota responding to a recent poll said they may be forced to close or sell facilities due to “dire financial conditions.”
California task force ponders long-term care insurance program
By
Lois A. Bowers
May 02, 2022
California is working to create a new long-term care insurance program, following in the footsteps of a state to its north.
More news for Friday, April 15
Apr 15, 2022
NJ clarifies assisted living COVID-19 vaccination requirements … California assisted living provider ordered to pay $176,000 in back wages … More could seek respite care from assisted living providers...
Bill guaranteeing in-person essential caregiver visits heads to governor’s desk
By
Lois A. Bowers
Mar 23, 2022
A bill stating that residents of assisted living communities have the right to visits from essential caregivers is headed to the desk of Idaho Gov. Brad Little (R) after unanimously passing the state House...
New law toughens background checks, requirements for assisted living facility certificates
By
Lois A. Bowers
Mar 22, 2022
A new law in Arizona is meant to strengthen background checks for those applying for assisted living facility certificates or nursing care administrator licenses through the state’s Board of Nursing...
States don’t wait as fate of federal COVID vaccine mandates remains uncertain
By
Lois A. Bowers
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jan 10, 2022
As employers wait to see whether the Supreme Court will issue stays against federal COVID-19 vaccine mandates from the Occupational Safety and Health Administration and Centers for Medicare & Medicaid...
Census limited as more than 12,000 assisted living positions go unfilled in Minnesota
By
Lois A. Bowers
Oct 11, 2021
More than 12,000 positions in Minnesota assisted living communities are unfilled, with almost a third of assisted living providers reporting that they are limiting census due to staffing levels, according...