Florida bill could change fire safety codes for assisted living communities
By
Lois A. Bowers
Feb 29, 2016
Assisted living communities in Florida follow fire safety codes that are more than 20 years old, but that could change under a new bill.
Florida governor signs generator bills into law; is Oklahoma next?
By
Lois A. Bowers
Mar 27, 2018
Florida Gov. Rick Scott signed bills into law Monday requiring assisted living communities and nursing homes in the state to have emergency generators. Legislators in Oklahoma are considering similar requirements...
New law requires long-term care outbreak-response plans in wake of 11 deaths
By
Lois A. Bowers
Aug 19, 2019
The death of 11 children in a New Jersey long-term care facility last year prompted a new law requiring assisted living and memory care communities and other long-term care providers to submit outbreak...
Fires force California senior living communities to evacuate
By
Lois A. Bowers
Oct 28, 2019
Senior living organizations with communities in certain parts of California put their disaster preparedness plans into action over the weekend as wildfires spread.
Potential coronavirus leads to quarantine, no-visitor policies at Nebraska senior living communities
By
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...