Feelings of social disconnection heighted by pandemic, holidays
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Dec 21, 2020
The holidays can be a lonely time for older adults. This year, the COVID-19 pandemic may magnify that social disconnection.
Mergers and acquisitions receive more scrutiny from buyers, experts say
By
Diane Eastabrook
Sep 02, 2021
It may be a seller’s market in the home care and hospice industry, but buyers are scrutinizing potential deals more closely.
Michigan prepares to deliver COVID-19 booster shots to long-term care residents first
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Aug 27, 2021
In anticipation of next month’s federal rollout of COVID-19 booster doses, Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer (D) issued an executive directive Wednesday directing state agencies to prioritize long-term...
Require COVID-19 vaccination of all long-term care workers: Experts reach consensus
By
Alicia Lasek
Jul 14, 2021
The evidence-based verdict from LTC doctors and a range of other specialists: healthcare institutions and facilities — including long-term care facilities — should require that their personnel be vaccinated...
NIC: Senior living occupancy drops again in May but could be stabilizing
By
Lois A. Bowers
Jun 17, 2020
Occupancy in independent and assisted living continued declining in May but could be stabilizing, the National Investment Center for Seniors Housing & Care said Tuesday as the organization released new...
Purchase of VNA may kick off nonprofit home care buying spree for Amedisys
By
Diane Eastabrook
May 12, 2021
Visiting Nurse Association (VNA) may be the first of many nonprofit home healthcare and hospice companies Amedisys acquires.
As COVID-19 vaccination rolls out, assisted living communities wait
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jan 21, 2021
Providers greeted news of a vaccine against the SARS-CoV-2 virus with hope and enthusiasm in December. COVID-19 cases in long-term care total 6% — and 38% of deaths — nationally. In January, however,...
The new test case for vaccine mandates? New York home care workers may show the way
By
Diane Eastabrook
Sep 28, 2021
New York soon may become the bellwether on how unvaccinated home care workers will respond to COVID-19 vaccine mandates.
Capital Senior Living reiterates uncertainty about future to SEC
By
Lois A. Bowers
Aug 11, 2020
Capital Senior Living reiterated its belief that conditions related to COVID-19 “raise substantial doubt about the company’s ability to continue as a going concern” in a document filed Monday with...
Act’s passage means more masks for healthcare workers fighting COVID-19, government says
By
Lois A. Bowers
Mar 20, 2020
President Trump may or may not use the Defense Protection Act to compel the production of personal protective equipment that provider groups say are needed by healthcare workers treating those with coronavirus...