Life care contract most common type for Texas CCRCs: report
By
Lois A. Bowers
Feb 27, 2017
Ziegler and My LifeSite analyzed data from 32 providers in the Lone Star State to produce a new benchmarking report on the characteristics of continuing care retirement communities there.
Minnesota mulls online ‘report card’ for assisted living communities
By
Lois A. Bowers
Feb 23, 2017
The Minnesota Department of Human Services is considering creating an online “report card” for assisted living communities in the state, according to a media report. And operators may be required...
Missouri says ‘Show Me’ again with camera bills
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Lois A. Bowers
Jan 31, 2017
Missouri residential care, assisted living, intermediate care and skilled nursing facilities would be required to grant resident requests to use electronic monitoring devices in their rooms, with certain...
Bill would increase fines for noncompliant assisted living communities
By
Lois A. Bowers
Jan 16, 2017
A bill introduced in Virginia, if passed as written, would increase the amount in civil penalties that assisted living communities would face for not complying with the terms of their licenses.
19 states see minimum wage increases as new year begins
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Lois A. Bowers
Jan 03, 2017
As 2017 began, the minimum wage increased in 19 states. It will increase in two more in July. Several cities hiked their hourly rates as well, although one state prohibited cities from enacting rates that...
New law allows some aides to administer medication
By
Lois A. Bowers
Dec 01, 2016
Advanced home health aides working at some assisted living communities in New York will be allowed to perform certain advanced tasks, such as administering routine or prefilled medications and helping...
Pilot program to connect veterans to services
By
Lois A. Bowers
Nov 27, 2016
Veterans who live in assisted living communities and nursing homes in New York will receive help accessing benefits they earned through their military service under a new pilot program.
Regulatory action affects assisted living operators in 23 states
By
Lois A. Bowers
Oct 13, 2016
Almost half of the states changed regulations, statutes or policies affecting assisted living between January 2015 and June 2016, according to the National Center for Assisted Living’s 2016 “Assisted...
Court: Service plan required for assisted living benefits under Medicaid
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Lois A. Bowers
Oct 03, 2016
The state of Ohio will not be required to pay retroactively for benefits that Medicaid-eligible assisted living residents received before their written service plans were approved by the state, the U.S....
Assisted living is golden to these residents
By
Lois A. Bowers
Aug 29, 2016
Residents of assisted living communities in the country’s most heavily populated state are very satisfied with their living situations, according to a new survey.