OSHA issues new COVID-19 guidance for employers; mandates still forthcoming
By
Amy Novotney
Feb 01, 2021
In response to an executive order, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration issued stronger worker safety guidance Friday to help employers and workers implement COVID-19 prevention programs and...
COVID-19 public health emergency will not end in January: reports
By
Lois A. Bowers
Nov 14, 2022
The public health emergency due to COVID-19 will not end in January, according to published reports.
Lessons from the pandemic can help ensure caregivers’ mental health and well-being
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jul 27, 2023
Healthcare organizations’ disaster preparedness plans must include “explicit plans for supporting mental health,” say the authors of a new piece in JAMA Psychiatry.
Vaccine mandates murky for some assisted living operators
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Dec 02, 2021
With legal challenges to COVID-10 mandates popping up every day, it’s difficult for healthcare providers to know where they stand, and the waters are even murkier for some assisted living operators,...
Economic impact of coronavirus continues to escalate
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Amy Novotney
Mar 09, 2020
Market turbulence amidst the continuing spread of coronavirus continued Friday as stocks and oil prices tumbled and the yield on the benchmark 10-year Treasury note fell below 0.7% for the first time.
COVID-19 roundup: Stocks up after emergency efforts to buffer pandemic fallout; NIC economist declares...
By
Amy Novotney
Mar 20, 2020
U.S. stocks closed higher Thursday after central banks around the world rolled out several emergency measures designed to lessen the economic fallout stemming from the coronavirus pandemic. Between Wednesday...
Biden lays out a ‘path out of the pandemic,’ but senior living says it’s a ‘path toward bankruptcy’
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Sep 10, 2021
President Biden late Thursday laid out a six-point COVID-19 action plan to combat the virus and protect the economy, but one senior living association executive called it “a path toward bankruptcy”...
‘Out of control’: Panelists share frustrations, solutions to managing cash flow during pandemic
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Sep 24, 2020
The global coronavirus pandemic has created a “tsunami” of decreasing occupancy, coupled with increasing costs related to personal protective equipment and labor, to create an operating environment...