Senior living leaders hopeful $3.5 trillion budget bill will remember providers
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jul 15, 2021
Senate Democrats announced a $3.5 trillion budget agreement on Tuesday, and although details are limited on how the package specifically might affect aging services providers, senior living leaders remain...
‘We’re in the love business’: New LeadingAge board chair
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Oct 27, 2021
ATLANTA — With a theme of hope for the day, LeadingAge installed its new chair of the Board of Directors, Mike King, during Tuesday’s keynote session at its Annual Meeting + Expo.
Professed senior living developer sentenced in $50 million green card fraud scheme
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jan 26, 2021
A purported senior living community developer who pleaded guilty to a multimillion dollar green card fraud scheme has been sentenced one day in prison and 120 hours of community service.
Ascension settles federal immigration-related discrimination claims
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Aug 26, 2021
St. Louis-based Ascension, which includes 40 Ascension Living senior living and care communities as well as 146 hospitals across 19 states and Washington, D.C., has reached a $84,832 settlement with the...
Long-term care seeks visa prioritization for ‘desperately needed’ workers
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Sep 08, 2021
Senior living and skilled nursing provider organizations joined forces last week to ask the State Department to prioritize foreign-trained nurse and healthcare worker immigrant visas to help address the...
Final rule takes aim at H-1B visa lottery, shifting to wage-based system
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jan 21, 2021
A Department of Homeland Security final rule set to go into effect March 9 will change the granting of specialty occupation visas from a random lottery to one based on wages.
Senior living gets reprieve as healthcare workers treating coronavirus patients are exempted from federal...
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jun 25, 2020
As the senior living industry continues its battle against COVID-19, industry leaders say they are thankful that a recent executive order from the president affecting immigration visas exempts healthcare...
Now is the time for older adults, their caregivers: aging services leaders
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Nov 11, 2021
As the country waits for action on the historic $1.75 trillion social spending bill, long-term care advocates are ramping up campaigns angling to refocus attention on the sector.
6 strategies will help build the long-term care workforce: report
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jul 02, 2021
Education, career opportunities, wage increases and reform measures are among the six strategies in a “long-range vision” released Thursday by LeadingAge to address workforce challenges in senior living...
Policymaker action needed to eliminate COVID-19-related racial, ethnic disparities in long-term care:...
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jun 11, 2020
Racial and ethnic minority users of long-term services and supports at assisted living communities, nursing homes and other settings are at increased risk during the coronavirus pandemic due to individual...