Comments due today on Georgia assisted living standards … South Dakota Senate to consider bill requiring assisted living communities to post visitation policies … PA governor extends assistance teams...
Bill tightens time to file lawsuits against WV assisted living communities
By
Lois A. Bowers
Apr 02, 2017
Residents of assisted living communities and nursing homes would have less time to file medical professional liability lawsuits against the facilities under a bill headed for the desk of West Virginia...
Washington legislators consider increasing assisted living fines
By
Lois A. Bowers
Mar 02, 2017
Assisted living community operators in the state of Washington would see increased civil penalties of up to $3,000 for violations of licensing statutes or rules, and fines would be increased to up to $10,000...
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Jun 20, 2019
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Presidential candidate Klobuchar shares experience with assisted living as Minnesota legislation heads...
By
Lois A. Bowers
May 21, 2019
As legislators in her home state of Minnesota passed a landmark bill related to assisted living and memory care, U.S. Sen. Amy Klobuchar, seeking to win the Democratic nomination in the race for president,...
Washington on verge of becoming first state to offer public long-term care insurance program
By
Lois A. Bowers
Apr 22, 2019
Washington may become the first state to offer workers a long-term care insurance program into which they would pay to help offset assisted living and other costs.
Aid-in-dying bill heads to governor’s desk
By
Lois A. Bowers
Mar 27, 2019
New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy said he plans to sign into law a bill enabling terminally ill people to seek medical assistance to end their lives, reportedly making the Garden State the eighth jurisdiction...
Bill would create ‘aging czar,’ 15-member task force
By
Lois A. Bowers
Feb 12, 2019
A bill introduced Thursday would create the position of “aging czar” to lead a 15-member task force that would develop a master plan to address challenges related to long-term care and aging.
Law expands list of professionals who must report elder abuse
By
Lois A. Bowers
Oct 01, 2018
An increased number of medical, legal and financial services professionals now are required to report suspicions of elder abuse, neglect or exploitation under changes to Ohio law that went into effect...
Meals, activities garner lowest scores on assisted living resident satisfaction survey
By
Lois A. Bowers
Oct 04, 2018
Residents of assisted living communities in one state are most satisfied with environmental factors such as cleanliness and privacy and least satisfied with factors such as meal quality and how they spend...