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...
Pandemic brings focus to industry policy priorities
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Feb 23, 2021
Working to “ensure a constructive, future-focused action plan to promote smart approaches to quality in assisted living and memory care without federal regulations” is a priority for LeadingAge this...
‘Not just a nursing home issue’: COVID a challenge in affordable senior housing: LeadingAge survey
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Oct 22, 2020
Close to 60% of nonprofit senior housing providers surveyed by LeadingAge reported confirmed COVID-19 cases in their communities, raising concerns about the more than 2.5 million low-income older adults...
Pandemic’s shared experience in isolation helps drive social health conversation
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Apr 12, 2022
A Massachusetts task force to end loneliness and build community originated before COVID-19, but the pandemic raised awareness around isolation and shaped the experiences of the statewide coalition.
Long-term care in the mix as states respond to Supreme Court’s gun control decision
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jun 28, 2022
Calling the right to carry a concealed weapon a “recipe for tragedy,” New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy (D) on Friday pledged to expand a state list of locations where firearms cannot be carried to include...
Long-term care needs relief to sustain services through omicron and beyond, LeadingAge tells Biden
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jan 26, 2022
LeadingAge is calling on the Biden administration and Congress to deliver an emergency relief package to sustain senior living and other long-term care providers through the omicron variant of COVID-19...
How 2 senior living providers solved their staffing challenges
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Apr 26, 2021
Two senior living providers offered a look at different workforce solutions to address one of the sector’s top challenges, staffing, Thursday during a session at the 2021 Ziegler LeadingAge National...
Combatting senior care burnout through resiliency, employee engagement
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Dec 08, 2023
The palliative care team at Elizabeth Seton Children’s Center works daily with residents who are approaching the end of life. Similar to direct care workers in aging services, that care can be physically...
Long-term care advocates lay out 3 goals for Biden team to make 2021 ‘new beginning’ for older adults
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Dec 09, 2020
Fighting COVID-19, ensuring access to long-term services and supports, and improving access to affordable housing are among the suggested actions LeadingAge laid out Tuesday to President-elect Joe Biden’s...
Five-point plan will protect older adults, caregivers, LeadingAge says
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
May 08, 2020
With several states beginning to reopen businesses but COVID-19 still a threat, LeadingAge on Thursday unveiled a five-point plan of actions it deems essential to protecting older Americans and frontline...