Providers approach holidays with eye toward normalcy, safety
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Nov 04, 2021
Senior living providers are planning for a “somewhat normal” holiday season in 2021, albeit with an eye toward safety and with last season’s COVID-19 lockdown memories still vivid.
Senior living operators ‘incredibly agile and dedicated’ during COVID-19 pandemic: study
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Oct 29, 2021
Senior living and care providers have been “incredibly agile and dedicated” during the pandemic, working 24 / 7 to keep residents safe, researchers concluded after interviews with operators about their...
‘Going back to where we were is not an option’: LeadingAge CEO
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Oct 25, 2021
As legislators negotiate places to trim President Biden’s $3.5 trillion Build Back Better plan, putting the needs of older Americans “on the chopping block” would be “one of their greatest failures...
COVID-19 vaccine mandate for private sector moves closer to reality
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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...
Assisted living providers could be federal audit targets over use of Provider Relief Fund dollars
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Oct 13, 2021
Assisted living providers have benefited from CARES Act Provider Relief Fund monies over the past year to help them with pandemic-related expenses, but the federal government is “salivating” over the...
‘Most important work you’ve ever done’: Parkinson on COVID-19
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Oct 12, 2021
The U.S. long-term care industry has “been through hell and back” over the past 18 months, according to AHCA/NCAL President and CEO Mark Parkinson. And the battle isn’t over yet.
Tech, safety, food are challenges for affordable senior housing residents during pandemic: study
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Oct 12, 2021
Lack of equipment and technology literacy, challenges complying with health and safety precautions, and difficulty accessing food are some of the issues taking a toll on low-income older adults living...
Prepare for ‘vigorous respiratory virus’ season, public health experts warn
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Oct 08, 2021
Relaxed COVID-19 mitigation measures, travel and a lack of protective immunity against last season’s influenza virus could mean a potentially “vigorous respiratory virus season,” according to public...
61 percent of assisted living operators say workforce issues might force them to close
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Sep 23, 2021
Sixty-one percent of assisted living operators responding to a recent survey by the American Health Care Association / National Center for Assisted Living said they fear that workforce issues will force...
Female senior living executives deliver insights from the C-suite
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Sep 15, 2021
PHOENIX—The pandemic challenged the senior living industry to a degree not experienced before. But it also will lead to a better understanding of what senior living is, and a greater appreciation for...