Business of long-term care ‘has never been worse’ as occupancy, staffing challenges continue
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Oct 12, 2022
NASHVILLE, TN — With the clinical issues of COVID-19 largely behind the long-term care industry, the business side “has never been worse,” according to American Health Care Association / National...
Now is the time for older adults, their caregivers: aging services leaders
By
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.
Biden signs bill to end national COVID-19 emergency
Apr 11, 2023
President Joe Biden signed a Republican-backed bill that ends the national COVID-19 emergency a month earlier than planned.
Policymaker action needed to eliminate COVID-19-related racial, ethnic disparities in long-term care:...
By
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...
At-home care emerges as new approach to handle oxygen therapy for COVID-19 patients
By
Joe Jancsurak
Mar 15, 2021
More health systems are turning to oxygen in the home to help patients with COVID-19, according to a news report.
Lack of resources led to worker’s COVID death, OSHA fine, senior living operator says
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Apr 27, 2021
A senior living provider will pay a fine of $27,100 after being cited for failing to protect its workers from COVID-19, resulting in the death of a memory care employee. But the provider says that prioritization...
Assisted living nurses can continue skilled nursing care under new law
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Apr 11, 2023
The controversial practice of allowing nurses in assisted living communities in Massachusetts to provide skilled nursing care has received another extension with the adoption of a new law.
ACR: Lupus patients can have low immune response to COVID-19 vaccines
Nov 15, 2021
Overall disease activity does not appear to change after vaccination, however.
2020 election has impending effects on senior living industry: Argentum
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jan 15, 2021
A new administration and Congress could bring new scrutiny, legislation and regulation to an industry already daunted by COVID-19 challenges, according to speakers Thursday at an Argentum webinar on the...
Senior living’s call for Provider Relief Fund reporting extension answered with HHS revisions
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jun 14, 2021
Senior living providers have a little more time to spend down federal Provider Relief Funds, along with eased reporting requirements, thanks to an extension from the U.S. Department of Health and Human...