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...
Vaccine mandates not scaring workers away, Sabra CEO says
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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...
Plan to end White House Coronavirus Task Force ‘sends terrible signal,’ LeadingAge CEO says
By
Lois A. Bowers
May 06, 2020
Reports that the White House Coronavirus Task Force plans to wind down its work around late May “are alarming,” LeadingAge President and CEO Katie Smith Sloan said Tuesday.
$484 billion COVID-19 relief bill contains $75 billion for PPE, but will senior living see any of it?
By
Lois A. Bowers
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Apr 22, 2020
The $484 billion funding package passed by the Senate Tuesday afternoon to provide relief from the effects of COVID-19 contains $75 billion for personal protective equipment and other resources for hospitals,...
Provider groups dispute judge’s claim that senior living is unsafe during pandemic
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Lois A. Bowers
Mar 31, 2020
A provider organization in Texas is educating residents, families and the general public about the relative safety of senior living communities and nursing homes during the COVID-19 pandemic after a public...
‘We’re entering a very difficult period,’ former FDA commissioner says of pandemic
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Lois A. Bowers
Nov 18, 2020
Former Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Scott Gottlieb, M.D., had some sobering words Tuesday for a senior living industry that has been battling the coronavirus pandemic for more than eight months...
Invesque seeks to divest non-core assets, create efficiencies in 2020
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Lois A. Bowers
Mar 13, 2020
Invesque plans to “opportunistically divest non-core assets and redeploy capital with our preferred partners” in 2020, Chairman and CEO Scott White said Thursday. The healthcare real estate company...
Changes open COVID vaccination to independent living, affordable senior housing residents
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Lois A. Bowers
Jan 13, 2021
In a move that should open COVID-19 vaccination to independent living and affordable senior housing residents across the country, officials with the federal vaccine development, manufacturing and distribution...
Exclusive: NIC chief economist shares 6 ways COVID-19 could affect senior living
By
Lois A. Bowers
Mar 27, 2020
The coronavirus situation is changing rapidly, but National Investment Center for Seniors Housing and Care Chief Economist Beth Burnham Mace recently spent some quality social distancing time on the telephone...
Big senior living stories of 2020
By
Lois A. Bowers
Dec 22, 2020
A year ago, nobody in the U.S. senior living industry would have predicted that a pandemic would upend everyone’s personal and professional lives in 2020. But COVID-19 undoubtedly was the story of the...