Coming end of COVID-19 PHE brings concerns about senior living effects
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Feb 14, 2023
The May 11 end of the COVID-19 public health emergency — and the flexibilities it provided — means many potential changes for providers of Medicaid home- and community-based services. And those changes...
Senior living residents eligible for $7 million federal COVID-19 telehealth program
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jan 09, 2023
The launch of a federal telehealth model will provide any adult — including senior living and affordable senior housing residents — access to at-home COVID-19 rapid tests, telehealth sessions and antiviral...
How can assisted living improve for future emergencies? Report shares ideas
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jan 04, 2023
“It is essential that the assisted living COVID-19 experience be understood to prepare for future emergencies,” researchers from the Center for Excellence in Assisted Living write in a special article...
COVID, workforce, financial issues confront senior living providers as 2023 starts, leaders say
By
Lois A. Bowers
Jan 03, 2023
Addressing the burnout plaguing existing employees while working to entice others to join the industry will be a focus of providers in 2023.
Senior living celebrates ‘big wins’ in proposed $1.7 trillion omnibus package
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Dec 21, 2022
Senior living advocates are claiming “major victories” for the industry following the release of the proposed $1.7 trillion congressional year-end spending bill on Monday.
25 governors call on feds to ‘move on’ from pandemic, end COVID-19 public health emergency
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Dec 21, 2022
Twenty-five Republican governors have signed a letter asking President Joe Biden to end the COVID-19 public health emergency, saying “it is time we move on from the pandemic and get back to life as normal.”
Senior living faces unique challenges in implementing widespread telehealth use
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Dec 20, 2022
The relative independence and health of senior living residents compared with other long-term care recipients likely affect the use of telehealth in independent living and assisted living communities,...
Assisted living communities in the South, Midwest hit especially hard by COVID-19: CDC
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Dec 06, 2022
Final data on how COVID-19 affected assisted living and similar residential care communities in the nation during the height of the pandemic were released Monday by the Centers for Disease Control and...
Worker shortages, waiting list inaccuracies complicate HCBS programs
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Nov 30, 2022
The COVID-19 pandemic put a spotlight on fundamental, long-term challenges for state Medicaid home- and community-based services programs, but it also provided opportunities for change, according to a...
Pandemic drives technology uptake in senior living communities
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Nov 14, 2022
The pandemic not only sped up the adoption of technology in the senior living and care field; it also opened the door to a variety of new technologies that one expert said are here to stay.