Arizona’s move to strip assisted licensing body of duties ‘greatly concerning’ to senior living...
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
May 06, 2021
Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey is threatening to strip the state licensing body for assisted living communities of its responsibilities and transfer them to another department — a move one senior living association...
‘Massive’ relief bill sends funding to state’s senior living and care providers
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Dec 16, 2022
Several “long-awaited” aging and health policy proposals passed the Ohio Legislature Thursday as part of a “massive” $6 billion relief bill that includes $40 million for assisted living providers...
60 percent of ‘culture change’ nursing homes able to maintain most measures during pandemic:...
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Lois A. Bowers
Aug 31, 2022
Many nursing homes that were operating under the principles of culture change before the COVID-19 pandemic have been able to maintain or even expand their efforts to focus on resident quality of life and...
Series on long-term care affordability, staffing, equity a ‘wake-up call,’ industry advocate says
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
May 28, 2024
A special report published last week by CNHI News and the Associated Press that focused on several “issues and complications” in assisted living and other forms of long-term care is a “wake-up call...
Don’t overlook benefits of assisted living when thinking about HCBS, industry tells Congress
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
May 20, 2021
Medicaid home- and community-based services expansion, workforce development, immigration reform and long-term care financing are top of mind for senior living industry leaders as they prod U.S. House...
Top trends in senior living include organizational readiness, operational strategies
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Apr 05, 2023
Organizational readiness, and operational and reimbursement strategies, are themes emerging for the year for financial discussions among senior living and care operators.
‘Moving fast and changing every minute’: COVID-19 brings increased policy attention to long-term...
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Apr 23, 2021
The coronavirus pandemic has challenged the aging services industry to imagine the unimaginable, including increased attention from policymakers, according to Ruth Katz, LeadingAge senior vice president...
CMS-proposed HCBS rules elicit request for extension of comment period from 5 associations
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Lois A. Bowers
May 22, 2023
The executive directors of five national organizations are asking the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to extend by at least 30 days the comment periods for two proposed rules related to access...
Senior living will need 3 million workers by 2040: Argentum
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Mar 09, 2023
By 2040, long-term care settings will have 20 million job openings — 3 million of those alone in senior living — escalating the need to recruit and retain workers, and to educate lawmakers on the acute...
Organizational culture key to building a senior living ‘dream team’
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jul 12, 2023
The Great Resignation has turned into the Great Opportunity to build a “dream team” for senior living providers that focus on organizational culture, according to workforce solutions experts.
