Associations join forces in call for Provider Relief Fund changes
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Mar 03, 2022
Long-term care industry advocates joined forces Tuesday in support of a bill delaying paperwork requirements and expanding the uses for Provider Relief Fund dollars. They also urged leaders in Congress...
Provider Relief Fund replenishment is new rallying cry for long-term care advocates
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Feb 24, 2022
The Provider Relief Fund is front and center among senior living and care organizations rallying for additional financial support and resources for the long-term care sector, which they say is in a “critical...
Long-term care workforce challenges remain at ‘crisis’ level
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Feb 11, 2022
Federal jobs data show that workforce challenges in the long-term care industry remain at a ‘crisis’ level, according to the industry.
Pressures mount for staffing agencies accused of price gouging long-term care operators
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jan 31, 2022
While senior living and other long-term care leaders are being joined by other healthcare groups, and even members of Congress, to call for federal action against price-gouging by temporary staffing agencies,...
Touting the industry’s success in COVID-19 vaccination of staff members, senior living leaders expressed relief Tuesday after the federal government announced its withdrawal of the COVID-19 vaccination-and-testing...
COVID-19 public health emergency renewed by HHS
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Lois A. Bowers
Jan 14, 2022
Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra announced Friday that he is renewing the federal public health emergency related to COVID-19.
After Supreme Court stay on COVID vaccination mandate, senior living industry touts own inoculation efforts
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jan 14, 2022
In the wake of Thursday’s U.S. Supreme Court ruling that reinstated a stay against the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s COVID-19 vaccination-and-testing mandate for employers with 100...
More news for Tuesday, Jan. 11
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jan 11, 2022
As SCOTUS weighs COVID-19 vaccination mandates for workers, providers should work toward compliance: AHCA / NCAL … $40M available for artificial intelligence, technology projects to improve older adult...
More news for Monday, Jan. 10
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jan 10, 2022
AHCA / NCAL calls on feds to extend public health emergency … Legislation includes expanding access to assisted living as residential alternative to nursing homes … Maine offers funding to help assisted...
Senior living occupancy recovery may stretch into 2023 — or 2028, leaders say
By
Lois A. Bowers
Jan 05, 2022
SAs the pandemic nears its second anniversary, occupancy appears to be moving in a positive direction but still may be in recovery mode at this time next year — and maybe for much longer, industry leaders...