$1.3 billion omnibus bill targets Minnesota’s long-term care workforce crisis
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Apr 28, 2022
A comprehensive health and human services reform bill passed Tuesday by the Minnesota Senate aims to address the state’s long-term care workforce crisis.
California mayor wants state to share control over long-term care facilities
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Apr 25, 2022
A California mayor wants the state to grant his city shared control over assisted living communities and nursing homes located there, saying that it would ensure that older adults are receiving quality...
Life plan community wins court battle, loses public support over noise complaint
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Apr 25, 2022
An Arizona life plan community may have won a court round against a local concert venue over noise levels, but it is losing local support.
Assisted living providers prohibited from denying employee COVID vaccine exemption requests
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Apr 22, 2022
An amendment to an existing state law expands protections for employees subject to employer COVID-19 vaccine mandates, further complicating the pandemic landscape for assisted living providers in Tennessee.
Take residents off the menu, put relief on the table, Argentum says as House passes $55 billion aid package
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Apr 08, 2022
Argentum is expressing “outrage” over a $55 billion federal aid package for bars, bakeries and baseball that leaves out assisted living communities once again.
Invesque to focus on simplifying portfolio, capital structure: CEO
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Mar 11, 2022
Invesque in 2022 will focus on simplifying its portfolio and capital structure after a record year for dispositions in 2021, Chairman and CEO Scott White said Thursday during a fourth-quarter earnings...
Senior living workforce at crisis levels, but hope is on the horizon: Argentum
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Mar 11, 2022
Workforce challenges have always existed in long-term care, but never to the crisis-level extent they do now. Hope is on the horizon, however, according to senior living experts.
Affordable senior housing program could see 21 percent funding increase under appropriations bill
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Mar 10, 2022
The federal affordable housing program for older adults would receive a 21% increase in funding over last year if the $1.5 trillion fiscal year 2022 appropriations bill, released Wednesday, passes and...
Industry advocates use nursing home mention in SOTU to press for COVID-19 relief
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Mar 03, 2022
Although President Biden took direct aim at overhauling federal nursing home regulations during his State of the Union address, aging services leaders are using the mention of long-term care as an opportunity...
Assisted living community adds UVC lighting to its COVID-19 toolbox
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Mar 02, 2022
An Oregon assisted living community is fighting airborne viruses — including COVID-19 — with UVC lighting.