National bill would require senior living operators to implement workplace violence prevention plans
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
May 13, 2022
Senior living and other long-term care and healthcare providers would be required to create workplace violence prevention plans to protect employees under proposed bipartisan legislation.
A collective effort from long-term care providers, public health officials and lawmakers is the way to improve the quality of care in the wake of COVID-19, not legal and financial penalties, according...
Assisted living communities should be integrated into greater community, report recommends
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Sep 08, 2022
Assisted living communities and other congregate care settings are “vital” and should be more fully integrated into surrounding communities through short-term respite care, adult day services, and...
Assisted living providers could be federal audit targets over use of Provider Relief Fund dollars
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Oct 13, 2021
Assisted living providers have benefited from CARES Act Provider Relief Fund monies over the past year to help them with pandemic-related expenses, but the federal government is “salivating” over the...
Train employees for ‘acuity creep’ or face potential risk
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Oct 03, 2023
DENVER—The level of needs of older adults moving into assisted living communities today is similar to that of seniors who would move into nursing homes in the past, and if operators and providers don’t...
Raid on Provider Relief Fund ‘alarming and potentially detrimental’ to senior living caregivers,...
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jan 28, 2022
A report that $7 billion in Provider Relief Fund dollars meant to cover pandemic-related expenses for healthcare providers instead was used to buy COVID-19 vaccines and therapeutics is “alarming and...
CMS provides guide to streamline process to receive COVID-19 test kits
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Sep 29, 2020
The federal government has released new tools meant to reduce paperwork and streamline the certification application process for assisted living providers seeking Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments...
White House open to ‘all of the above’ strategies to protect older adults from COVID-19
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jan 05, 2023
As the country enters the fourth year of dealing with COVID-19, the federal government is offering its assistance on testing access, vaccines and guidance on antiviral treatments, according to White House...
HEALS Act does not address pandemic’s significant effect on industry, senior living leaders say
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jul 29, 2020
The $1 trillion coronavirus relief package of bills released Monday by Senate Republicans once again leaves senior living on the outside looking in, according to some provider groups.
Senior living making case for piece of latest $350B federal pandemic relief pie
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
May 11, 2021
Senior living is looking for a piece of the latest $350 billion pandemic relief pie that was announced Monday for state and local governments. The U.S. Department of the Treasury announced the launch of...