States navigate implementing COVID-19 vaccine requirements
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Oct 04, 2021
Today is the day that Connecticut’s long-term workers and other workers employed by the state are required to comply with a COVID-19 vaccine mandate or agree to regular testing. The deadline was postponed...
Industry groups launch online resource for senior living and care careers
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
May 14, 2024
The Minnesota state partner of LeadingAge and Argentum and the state affiliate of the American Health Care Association/National Center for Assisted Living have partnered on an online resource meant to...
Nursing home sales, closures, halts to admissions come as staffing shortages continue
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Sep 12, 2022
As staffing shortages continue to plague nursing homes, sales, closures and admissions stoppages are becoming more frequent, according to respondents to a survey by the Long-Term Care Imperative, a collaboration...
New law expedites timeliness of reporting infections
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Dec 09, 2022
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul (D) signed legislation Wednesday that requires nursing homes to provide residents, authorized family members and guardians “timely notice” when an infection is detected.
State bills would enable older adults to stay, age in place in their homes
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
May 31, 2023
New Jersey Assembly Speaker Craig J. Coughlin (D) last week introduced legislation that would create a new property tax credit program called StayNJ, which he said is meant to make it more affordable for...
Class action suit blasts Washington state’s long-term care tax
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Nov 11, 2021
Opponents of a mandatory payroll tax to fund Washington state’s new long-term care program filed a class action lawsuit Tuesday in federal court. The measure aims to stop the January start of the payroll...
COVID booster shots must be available to all long-term care residents: governor
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Nov 30, 2021
Bracing for the new omicron variant of COVID-19 to make its way across the border from Canada, the governor of New York is stepping up efforts to get booster shots into the arms of long-term care residents.
Ending state of emergency won’t change staffing needs, provider group says
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Sep 22, 2022
ency on Oct. 31, long-term care staffing needs have not abated, and lifting the order could affect regulations that have permitted additional flexibility in staffing. That’s according to the Washington...
CCRC residents eligible for chunk of $2 billion tax relief program
By
Alicia Lasek
Sep 01, 2022
Qualified residents of continuing care retirement communities will be eligible for property tax relief under a new $2 billion program in New Jersey.
Immigration a possible answer to ‘demographic drought’ draining state’s workforce
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Sep 19, 2023
A “demographic drought” brought about by an aging population, increasing retirements, declining fertility rates and lower immigration rates is threatening Minnesota’s workforce in general and in...