Proposed bill ‘great first step’ toward addressing long-term care workforce challenges
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Aug 10, 2021
A bill to reauthorize funding for programs that prevent elder abuse also would provide $400 million annually for states to enhance education and training for direct care workers in long-term care settings.
COVID relief package needs to address pandemic ‘dangers’ to older adults, provider group says
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Feb 16, 2021
LeadingAge is stepping up calls on Congress to adopt a COVID relief package addressing the dangers that the pandemic poses to senior living residents and other older adults.
Long-term care industry veteran plans to invest up to $40 million annually in ‘real solution’ to...
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Feb 02, 2022
Workforce shortages have been an issue for senior living and other long-term care providers for more than 20 years. But the pandemic finally prompted one senior living professional to put his money where...
Female senior living executives deliver insights from the C-suite
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Sep 15, 2021
PHOENIX—The pandemic challenged the senior living industry to a degree not experienced before. But it also will lead to a better understanding of what senior living is, and a greater appreciation for...
Long-term care provider cites ‘moral and ethical duty’ to residents in mandating employee coronavirus...
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Apr 05, 2021
As long-term care staff member COVID-19 vaccination rates continue to lag nationally, an Ohio provider is joining a growing industry trend of mandating employee vaccination out of a sense of “moral and...
Pressures mount for staffing agencies accused of price gouging long-term care operators
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jan 31, 2022
While senior living and other long-term care leaders are being joined by other healthcare groups, and even members of Congress, to call for federal action against price-gouging by temporary staffing agencies,...
Almost 40% of residential care aides live in low-income households: report
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Sep 09, 2020
Direct care workers, including residential care aides who work in assisted living communities, have been elevated to “hero” status during the COVID-19 public health crisis. New research, however, indicates...
‘Most important moment in decades’ for older adults, families’: LeadingAge
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Sep 01, 2021
As Congress finalizes the $3.5 billion budget reconciliation package, long-term care leaders and providers are pushing the need for “game changing” investments for older adults and their caregivers.
Workers’ rights legislation could exacerbate senior living workforce challenges, industry experts...
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Feb 08, 2021
A group of federal lawmakers has resurrected legislation that could result in major labor law changes that potentially would exacerbate workforce challenges already facing the senior living industry, industry...
Federal COVID-19 vaccination, testing mandates have pros, cons, experts say
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Nov 05, 2021
Although generally supportive of federal COVID-19 vaccine mandates for members of its workforce, senior living leaders are concerned about the effects on its workforce.