K4Connect, Amazon partner to distribute 8,000 Echo Dots to senior living communities in COVID-19 initiative
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jun 03, 2020
K4Connect, a Raleigh, NC-based technology company, and Amazon are partnering to distribute more than 8,000 Echo Dots to more than 40 West Coast independent and assisted living communities affected by COVID-19.
Technology, affordability, desirability key to attracting next generation of senior living residents
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Oct 26, 2021
ATLANTA — The pandemic influenced and supported a desire among older adults to age in place rather than move into seniors housing. Now, according to experts, the industry needs to proactively respond...
Senior living provider cites federal immunity protections in COVID-related lawsuit
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Aug 18, 2022
A senior living provider being sued over the COVID-19 deaths of a former resident couple maintains that it is covered by federal immunity protections for healthcare workers and that the lawsuit should...
Vaccine mandate violates religious beliefs, lawsuit claims
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Sep 20, 2022
An Alabama continuing care retirement community is facing a religious discrimination lawsuit after allegedly firing four workers who refused to comply with its COVID-19 vaccine mandate.
Coronavirus pandemic fuels robocall scams
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
May 27, 2020
Americans are tired of robocalls. And with stay-at-home orders around the country, more of us are encountering an unwanted robocall when we answer our phones, according to a survey by Provision Senior...
Five-point plan will protect older adults, caregivers, LeadingAge says
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
May 08, 2020
With several states beginning to reopen businesses but COVID-19 still a threat, LeadingAge on Thursday unveiled a five-point plan of actions it deems essential to protecting older Americans and frontline...
Senior housing operators showing improved performance during COVID-19 pandemic: NHI
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Aug 12, 2020
COVID-19 has had a negative effect on the senior living industry, impacting operator revenues and building occupancy rates, but National Health Investors’ leadership said during a second-quarter earnings...
Invesque CEO ‘cautiously optimistic’ about senior living despite pandemic challenges
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Mar 12, 2021
2020 was a unique year in so many ways, challenging the senior living industry and companies operating within that sector.
COVID-19 is operational, legal stress test for senior living industry, provider attorneys say
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Nov 11, 2020
COVID-19 has served as an unanticipated stress test for the senior living industry, from policies and structures that worked well — or not — and opportunities for innovation across operational and...
Majority of assisted living communities have less than 2-week supply of masks, gowns to fight COVID-19:...
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jun 19, 2020
More than half of assisted living communities have less than a two-week supply of vital personal protective equipment, placing them at a “significant disadvantage” in protecting older adults and staff...