Bill aims PACE for growth in California and beyond
By
Diane Eastabrook
Aug 23, 2021
A bill that began winding its way through California’s Legislature last week could become a model for how states expand Programs of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly.
LeadingAge to Congress: Don’t let seniors down
By
Diane Eastabrook
Aug 11, 2021
Aging services organization LeadingAge is urging the Senate to turn its attention to the care economy now that it has passed the $1 trillion infrastructure package.
PACE in a sweet spot for growth but faces policy challenges, program leaders say
By
Diane Eastabrook
Jul 15, 2021
Programs of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE) are enjoying a moment in the limelight, as the Biden Administration and congressional Democrats push to expand home-and-community-based services.
Lawmaker pressures CMS on status of national quality measures for HCBS
By
Alicia Lasek
Jul 13, 2021
The ranking member of the Senate Special Committee on Aging is turning up the heat on the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, asking the agency’s chief to describe its efforts to establish quality...
New legislation takes steps to close HCBS gap for older adults: senior living experts
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jun 28, 2021
Although a bipartisan infrastructure deal reached Thursday did not include much-sought-after funding for home- and community-based services and affordable housing, the senior living industry is hailing...
Better Care Better Jobs Act may be antidote to infrastructure compromise that leaves out home care
By
Diane Eastabrook
Jun 28, 2021
Home care and aging services providers are optimistic the care economy will get the funding it needs, despite being left out of a new infrastructure deal between the White House and a bipartisan team of...
Women turning 65 will need to save more for long-term care, report finds
By
Diane Eastabrook
Jun 17, 2021
In the coming years, senior women will need nearly $35,000 more than men to pay for long-term care, according to a new report commissioned by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
‘It’s pretty clear that 2021 is the year of healthcare at home’
By
Liza Berger
May 21, 2021
If the construction industry could talk, it might say that home care has chutzpah.
Proposed legislation seeks to provide path to citizenship for immigrant workers in home-and-community-based...
By
Amy Novotney
May 06, 2021
Undocumented immigrants working as essential workers, including those in long-term care facilities and those working in home- and community-based services, would be eligible for a path for citizenship...
White House recognizes assisted living’s ‘critical importance’ as aging services provider
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
May 05, 2021
An announcement from the federal government about the release of $1.4 billion in funding from the American Rescue Plan for programs affecting older adults for the first time acknowledges assisted living...