‘Challenging public policy environment’ awaits senior living in 2021
By
Lois A. Bowers
Jan 07, 2021
The results of the November election and this week’s runoffs, combined with the COVID-19 pandemic, present an environment for senior living “unlike any it has seen in its 30-plus years,” according...
Senior living communities implement on-site COVID-19 testing
By
Lois A. Bowers
Mar 23, 2020
Senior living operators are rolling out the capability to do on-site testing for COVID-19.
COVID, workforce, financial issues confront senior living providers as 2023 starts, leaders say
By
Lois A. Bowers
Jan 03, 2023
Addressing the burnout plaguing existing employees while working to entice others to join the industry will be a focus of providers in 2023.
Federal regulation threat, new COVID funding, liability protections top issues facing senior living:...
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
May 27, 2021
An interim rule from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services is “concerning” because it could lead to expanded federal regulation of assisted living, according to a speaker Wednesday on an Argentum...
Assisted living communities tapped for potential COVID-19 hospital transfers in Arizona
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jul 16, 2020
Calling Arizona’s June 50% increase in COVID-19 cases “brutal,” Gov. Doug Ducey for the first time has pulled assisted living communities into the mix of potentially accepting transfers from hospitals...
Assisted living providers balance care and service delivery, compliance with complex policies: speaker
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Oct 27, 2021
ATLANTA — Assisted living and life plan communities have had much to deal with in the past 18 months, including fair housing challenges, vaccine mandates and exemptions, COVID-19 liability lawsuits,...
Labor Department issues COVID vaccine requirement for companies with 100 or more employees
By
Lois A. Bowers
Nov 04, 2021
U.S. companies employing 100 or more workers must develop, implement and enforce a mandatory COVID-19 vaccination policy, unless they adopt a policy requiring employees to choose to either be vaccinated...
Reporting COVID vaccination data to CMS would be ‘burdensome,’ ‘redundant’ for assisted living,...
By
Lois A. Bowers
Jul 14, 2021
Requiring assisted living providers to report weekly COVID-19 vaccination data to the federal government would add administrative and cost burdens to operators already challenged by the pandemic and even...
LeadingAge urges Congress to adopt comprehensive COVID-19 relief package for older adults, care workers
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jun 11, 2020
As Congress considers a new COVID-19 relief package, LeadingAge President and CEO Katie Smith Sloan urged House and Senate leaders to follow through on the federal government’s initial down payment to...