Survey provides insights into AL quality improvement efforts
By
Lois A. Bowers
Apr 13, 2016
Results of the National Center for Assisted Living’s latest performance measures survey provide a look at the ways assisted living professionals are working to improve quality, stabilize staff and...
Bill aims to prevent Medicaid Access Rule implementation
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Apr 29, 2024
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services would be prohibited from implementing the Medicaid Access Rule under a bill introduced last week in the House of Representatives.
Senior living industry pushes infrastructure agenda during budget talks
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Aug 27, 2021
As legislative committees work on how to divvy up the $3.5 trillion approved by the House of Representatives earlier this week in the fiscal year 2022 budget resolution, the senior living and care industry...
AHCA/NCAL, HIDA request tariff exclusion extension for healthcare products
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Oct 01, 2021
Healthcare products, such as gloves and gowns, are essential to battling the ongoing public health crisis and should be exempt from Section 301 tariffs, the American Health Care Association / National...
114 assisted living communities earn AHCA/NCAL Bronze Quality Awards
Jun 01, 2018
Assisted living communities totaling 114 were among the 521 long-term and post-acute care operators across 50 states and the District of Columbia that have earned 2018 Bronze – Commitment to Quality...
Industry organizations to promote careers in aging
Mar 01, 2019
Argentum, the American Health Care Association / National Center for Assisted Living and LeadingAge for the first time are participating in Careers in Aging Week, taking place March 3 to 9.
Fall conference season: A new, virtual reality
By
Lois A. Bowers
Sep 21, 2020
Our professional and personal lives have been upended in ways we would not have imagined a year ago. Some conferences have been canceled, and others have been rescheduled and moved online. But fall conference...
Assisted living, skilled nursing continue to face workforce challenges: survey
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jun 24, 2021
Among 616 nursing homes and 122 assisted living communities recently surveyed on workforce challenges by the American Health Care Association and National Center for Assisted Living, half responded that...
Assisted living’s real problem: Staffing and acuity, not lack of regulation
By
Neville M. Bilimoria
Feb 12, 2024
Recent Washington Post articles and a Senate hearing highlight a big question for assisted living: Is federal regulation the answer? I say no.
COVID, workforce, financial issues confront senior living providers as 2023 starts, leaders say
By
Lois A. Bowers
Jan 03, 2023
Addressing the burnout plaguing existing employees while working to entice others to join the industry will be a focus of providers in 2023.