As pandemic continues, solving labor challenges becomes even more urgent, leaders say
By
Lois A. Bowers
Jan 04, 2022
COVID-19 and the labor issues it exacerbates will be a primary focus of senior living providers for much or all of 2022, with recovery extending into 2023 and beyond, industry leaders tell McKnight’s...
CVS: Independent living residents will continue to wait for COVID-19 vaccination
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jan 05, 2021
Independent living residents, even those who live in continuing care retirement / life plan communities, will have to continue to wait for COVID-19 vaccination, according to a retail pharmacy giant providing...
Camaraderie, coaching, cash, car: One provider’s quest to increase COVID vaccination among staff
By
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...
Pandemic not dampening desire for luxury retirement living
By
Lois A. Bowers
Apr 21, 2020
A pandemic is not preventing Moorings Park Grande Lake in Naples, FL, from opening and continuing to attract interest. “We have closed over $77 million in sales during the last two weeks,” a Moorings...
Flipping mindset to focus on the future will help CCRCs thrive post-pandemic: speakers
By
Amy Novotney
Nov 19, 2020
One of the biggest outcomes of the pandemic on the life plan / continuing care retirement community sector has been giant leaps made in recognizing the importance of connectivity within the lives of older...
10 percent of providers requiring employee COVID vaccination, with more planning to do so: survey
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jun 01, 2021
Ninety percent of long-term care providers currently are not mandating the COVID-19 vaccine for staff members, and the remaining 10% either have mandated it for all workers or just new hires, according...
COVID-19 plus heart attack tied to higher mortality and complications
Jun 13, 2023
Further, significant racial disparities were seen in acute myocardial outcomes during the pandemic.
Senior living needs COVID-19 tests, too, Argentum tells HHS as Ohio issues mandate
By
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...
Which cancer patients need a COVID-19 booster shot most?
Sep 07, 2021
National Comprehensive Cancer Network Vaccination Advisory Committee guidance says several groups should be considered eligible immediately for a third dose of either of the mRNA vaccines.
Merck to ask FDA for emergency approval of its new antiviral pill for COVID-19
Oct 01, 2021
The new medication is just one of several antiviral pills now being tested in studies.