Provider groups dispute judge’s claim that senior living is unsafe during pandemic
By
Lois A. Bowers
Mar 31, 2020
A provider organization in Texas is educating residents, families and the general public about the relative safety of senior living communities and nursing homes during the COVID-19 pandemic after a public...
Rural seniors focus of Kentucky program
By
Lois A. Bowers
Jan 26, 2016
A $2.55 million grant will enable the Institute for Sustainable Health & Optimal Aging at the University of Louisville, KY, to create the Kentucky Rural & Underserved Geriatric Interprofessional Education...
Potential coronavirus leads to quarantine, no-visitor policies at Nebraska senior living communities
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Lois A. Bowers
Mar 10, 2020
Two Nebraska senior living communities are under quarantine, and two others are not allowing visitors “out of an abundance of caution” after the communities’ operator learned that an employee of...
South Dakota committee mulls senior living legislation
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Lois A. Bowers
Jul 24, 2016
The Regulation of Nursing and Assisted Living Beds Interim Committee of the South Dakota legislature will reconvene Aug. 23 as it considers ways to enable people to age in place while ensuring that demand...
Minnesota seeks to speed resolution of senior abuse claims
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Lois A. Bowers
Apr 16, 2018
The Minnesota Department of Health plans to implement a new electronic system to help it more quickly respond to and resolve reports of abuse in assisted living communities, nursing homes and other long-term...
Operators, workers should be protected from COVID-19 lawsuits, association says
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Lois A. Bowers
Apr 13, 2020
Assisted living communities and skilled nursing facilities, and the people who work for them, should be “protected from liability” for treating anyone with COVID-19 during the current pandemic, the...
New Jersey mandates paid sick leave
By
Lois A. Bowers
May 08, 2018
New Jersey has enacted what the state’s governor says is one of the most expansive paid sick leave programs in the country.
New law allows some aides to administer medication
By
Lois A. Bowers
Dec 01, 2016
Advanced home health aides working at some assisted living communities in New York will be allowed to perform certain advanced tasks, such as administering routine or prefilled medications and helping...
Assisted living is not ‘community-integrated housing,’ Justice Department says
By
Lois A. Bowers
Jun 18, 2018
Assisted living communities cannot be considered “community-integrated housing” for purposes of helping Louisiana comply with the Americans with Disabilities Act in serving people with serious...
State tests voucher program to help adults with dementia afford assisted living
By
Lois A. Bowers
Sep 17, 2018
Organizations representing assisted living operators in New York are cheering a new pilot program that will subsidize rent for residents with dementia who no longer can afford assisted living.