Senior living prospects undaunted by COVID-19 pandemic: survey
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Aug 11, 2020
The COVID-19 pandemic has not diminished prospective residents’ interest in moving to a senior living community, with on-site access to care and services and socialization among the main perceived benefits,...
LeadingAge urges Treasury to consider older adults in new $25B rent relief program
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Feb 02, 2021
Although the federal government rolled out a new $25 billion rent relief program in December for households struggling under COVID-19, LeadingAge is urging the new administration to include older adults.
Survey reveals list of must-haves for potential CCRC residents
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Dec 19, 2022
Continuing care retirement community operators considering near- and mid-term investments, amenities and programming should look to ensure healthy aging offerings are in the mix, according to a new survey...
US life expectancy drops for second year thanks to COVID-19, drug overdoses: CDC
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jan 03, 2023
Life expectancy in the United States fell for a second consecutive year due to COVID-19 deaths and drug overdoses, falling to the shortest lifespan since 1996, according to a recent report from the Centers...
Options, cleanliness top list for prospective senior living residents: survey
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Mar 01, 2022
Prospective residents and their families want options when they are searching for a senior living community. They also rank cleanliness as one of the most important factors in their decision-making process.
Redesign of senior living forced by pandemic’s effects on residents
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jun 14, 2023
A new resource guide aims to use lessons from the COVID-19 pandemic to help interior designers consider the health and well-being of residents in their senior living community projects.
Assisted living operators eligible for $10 million in COVID relief funds
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Sep 06, 2022
After being left out of multiple rounds of COVID-19 relief funding and “jealously” watching their skilled nursing counterparts have expenses reimbursed, Missouri’s assisted living and residential...
Providers seek $450 million from PA stimulus funds to cover pandemic costs
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
May 26, 2021
Senior living associations in Pennsylvania are lobbying legislators for $54 million for assisted living and personal care providers from the American Rescue Plan stimulus funding to the state. The ask...
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.
‘Take flu out of the equation,’ get vaccinated during pandemic, public health officials advise
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Oct 02, 2020
Concerned about a dual outbreak of influenza and COVID-19 this winter, public health officials recommended Thursday that long-term care workers and residents — and others — “take flu out of the equation”...