HUD updates guidance on services, supports for Section 202 housing
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Feb 28, 2023
The Department of Housing and Urban Development updated guidance this month aimed at enhancing the use of supportive programs for seniors living in Section 202 housing.
Regional Health Properties’ compliance plan accepted by stock exchange
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Aug 10, 2023
Atlanta-based Regional Health Properties’s plan to regain compliance with the New York Stock Exchange’s continued listing standards had been accepted, the company announced this week. RHE now has until...
Eleventh hour spending bill includes $117 billion for HHS
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Mar 26, 2024
A $1.2 trillion spending bill approved by the Senate early Saturday morning includes $117 billion for Department of Health and Human Services operations. This sum allocates $4.1 billion for the administrative...
New program aims to improve long-term care vaccination rates, care by building trust
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Sep 13, 2022
Providers of skilled nursing and assisted living need to develop trust-building skills and practices to continue to increase vaccine uptake and staff member retention as well as improve infection prevention...
Report: Public health emergency will be extended again
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
May 18, 2022
The Department of Health and Human Services is expected to extend the public health emergency before it expires in mid-July, Bloomberg reported Tuesday.
State Supreme Court re-examines 8-year-old nursing home class action lawsuit
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Dec 06, 2023
The Arkansas Supreme Court on Thursday reopened a nearly decade-old class action lawsuit against a nursing home provider after the plaintiffs claimed that Judge Timothy Fox “repeatedly failed to follow...
State high court decisions keep COVID immunity in play but define scope
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Kimberly Marselas
Aug 14, 2023
Connecticut’s highest court has offered a mixed ruling for a nursing home that sought dismissal of a wrongful death suit under a state provision limiting COVID-era liability. The rulings put senior...
Sept. 13 is new deadline for eligible assisted living operators to apply for Provider Relief Fund
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Lois A. Bowers
Sep 01, 2020
Eligible assisted living operators and other eligible providers now have until Sept. 13 to apply for the phase 2 general distribution of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act Provider...
Bon appétit! Provider launches culinary apprenticeship program
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Apr 25, 2022
Indianapolis, IN-based American Senior Communities recently launched a culinary apprenticeship program to help create a pipeline of workers to address an area where staffing vacancies frequently arise...
Biden’s infrastructure plan includes prioritized funding for affordable housing, long-term care
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Amy Novotney
Apr 01, 2021
President Biden unveiled a $2 trillion, eight-year infrastructure plan on Wednesday with a nod to the needs of older adults and the long-term care industry. The first phase of the president’s American...