Senior living industry pushes infrastructure agenda during budget talks
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Aug 27, 2021
As legislative committees work on how to divvy up the $3.5 trillion approved by the House of Representatives earlier this week in the fiscal year 2022 budget resolution, the senior living and care industry...
516 days and counting on wait for Provider Relief Fund dollars: Argentum
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Aug 26, 2021
After successfully blocking attempts to use unspent Provider Relief Fund dollars to fund a bipartisan infrastructure package, which passed the Senate earlier this month, senior living advocates are turning...
Senior living experts pin vaccine uptake hopes on ‘landmark’ approval of Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Aug 24, 2021
Senior living industry executives are banking on the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s approval of the first COVID-19 vaccine as the confirmation that vaccine-hesitant staff members need to finally...
OSHA’s COVID-19-related standards ‘burdensome,’ ‘duplicative,’ senior living execs say
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Aug 23, 2021
New federal workplace safety rules, although well-intentioned, are burdensome and do not account for frequently changing guidance from other agencies, according to senior living association executives....
Deborah Birx: Long-term care must prepare for, protect against, prevent COVID-19
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Aug 19, 2021
Providers must rally together to protect residents in senior living communities and nursing homes from COVID-19, former White House Coronavirus Task Force Coordinator Deborah Birx, M.D., said Wednesday.
National study reveals how COVID-19 affected assisted living at height of pandemic
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Aug 19, 2021
A rolling national study is providing insights for the first time into how COVID-19 affected assisted living and similar residential care communities in the United States during the height of the pandemic.
ER Senior Management, Western Home Communities mandate COVID-19 vaccination for staff in ‘pandemic...
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Aug 17, 2021
Abilene, TX-based ER Senior Management and Cedar Falls, IA-based Western Home Communities announced Monday that they are rolling out mandatory COVID-19 vaccination programs for employees.
Demand for senior housing driving accelerated move-in pace: NIC
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Aug 13, 2021
Demand for senior housing and care continues to increase despite rising COVID-19 cases. That’s according to the latest executive survey from the National Investment Center for Seniors Housing & Care.
Meridian Senior Living calls COVID-19 vaccine mandate ‘one more preventative measure’
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Aug 12, 2021
National senior housing operator Meridian Senior Living on Wednesday joined a growing list of senior living providers in announcing a staff COVID-19 vaccine mandate, calling it “one more preventative...
More news for Thursday, Aug. 12
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Aug 12, 2021
California tops states as best for long-term care … “Why Senior Living” video series highlights residents, families … 2 skilled nursing facilities, but no assisted living communities, earn 2021...