CMS extends deadlines for HCBS settings rule due to COVID-19 concerns
By
Lois A. Bowers
Jul 15, 2020
Citing concerns related to the coronavirus, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services on Tuesday said it would give states an additional year to comply with a settings rule related to the provision...
Why temperature checks are just the first step in making senior living safer
By
Amy Jeffs
Mar 17, 2022
Beyond temperature checks, technology can help you identify people who potentially have COVID-19, to prevent disease spread.
HHS: Assisted living to receive point-of-care COVID-19 antigen tests soon
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Sep 02, 2020
After previously being left out of the federal COVID-19 test allocation program, assisted living providers are about to receive a new antigen test cleared for emergency use authorization by the Food and...
Senior living provider groups press states to prioritize residents, workers for COVID vaccination
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Dec 04, 2020
With the promise of COVID-19 vaccines on the horizon and a nod to prioritizing senior living and other long-term care residents as the first recipients of those vaccines, provider organizations are turning...
Aging services leaders call on Senate to pass Build Back Better ‘without shaving off one dollar’
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Dec 08, 2021
The Build Back Better Act holds the promise of investments in the aging services workforce, affordable senior housing, and home- and community-based services. The long-term care industry is calling on...
Federal effort ‘important first step’ but ‘far short’ of what’s needed to protect seniors against...
By
Lois A. Bowers
May 01, 2020
President Trump’s remark Thursday that seniors are being taken “very special care of” is “false,” and federal government efforts “far short of what’s needed to protect the most vulnerable...
Senior living providers struggle to assist residents with voting in 2020 elections
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Oct 19, 2020
“It’s not as simple as it once was.” That is how Pennsylvania Health Care Association President and CEO Zach Shamberg summed up voting in the 2020 November election during a recent virtual press...
States need to step up with pandemic relief for senior living, Argentum tells governors
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Nov 16, 2022
It’s time for states to step up and provide more pandemic-related relief to senior living communities, Argentum President and CEO James Balda told the National Governors Association on Monday.
Vaccine mandates not scaring workers away, Sabra CEO says
By
Lois A. Bowers
Nov 05, 2021
Labor issues are slowing the senior living and care industry’s recovery from the coronavirus pandemic, but operators should not spend much time worrying that they will lose workers if they implement...
COVID-19 vaccine mandate for private sector moves closer to reality
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Oct 15, 2021
A COVID-19 vaccine mandate forecast to affect more than 80 million workers in private-sector businesses is inching closer to reality after the Labor Department submitted its initial text of an emergency...