Camaraderie, coaching, cash, car: One provider’s quest to increase COVID vaccination among staff
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jul 06, 2021
Vaccinated workers for a Vero Beach, FL-based senior living operator stand to win a piece of $100,000 in cash prizes and a 2021 Nissan Versa in a grand prize drawing this week. But the company’s...
‘Game-changing’: Senior living giant Good Sam joins growing list of providers mandating COVID-19...
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jul 26, 2021
The Sioux Falls, SD-based Evangelical Lutheran Good Samaritan Society is the latest senior living and care organization — and one of the largest yet — to mandate COVID-19 vaccination as a condition...
Amazon technology challenge focuses on easing aging process
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Aug 17, 2022
Meeting the needs of older adults as well as some members of Generation X and the Baby Boom generation is the goal of the latest Amazon Alexa Skills Challenge.
First bill tied to alleged senior living murders introduced as families seek increased regulation and...
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Dec 10, 2020
A grand jury on Tuesday handed down three new capital murder indictments against Billy Chemirmir, already charged with 17 counts of capital murder and two counts of attempted capital murder of older adults,...
Senior living needs COVID-19 tests, too, Argentum tells HHS as Ohio issues mandate
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Lois A. Bowers
Aug 24, 2020
Nursing homes aren’t the only long-term care settings that need testing capabilities amid the coronavirus pandemic, Argentum President and CEO James Balda said a day after HHS announced it would be sending...
Senior living employee charged with stealing more than $100,000 in jewelry from residents
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Nov 03, 2020
An employee of a Florida assisted living community has been arrested for allegedly stealing more than 100 pieces of jewelry valued at more than $100,000 from residents while cleaning their rooms.
Gingerbread dreams
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jan 06, 2021
The dining services team at Tulsa, OK, continuing care retirement community Montereau created a gingerbread village for its residents to enjoy during the holidays. Find out more, and learn how to submit...
Senior living operator commits $5.2 million in bonus payouts to frontline workers who ‘stood by us’
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Dec 15, 2021
A faith-based, nonprofit senior living provider is investing $5.2 million in its workforce by offering commitment bonuses to frontline workers to thank them for sticking with the organization through the...
Senior living providers cope with COVID-19 infections after clinics, credit vaccines for limiting effects
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Apr 27, 2021
Senior living providers experiencing breakthrough COVID-19 cases following vaccination clinics say it is “frustrating” to see positive results, but they credit vaccines with limiting symptoms in residents.