Social connections, engagement keys to winning over prospective senior living residents: survey
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Oct 07, 2021
Social connections, technology and access to the outdoors are key to winning over prospective residents to senior living, according to a new lifestyle survey of older adults.
Religious exemptions: COVID-19 vaccination about ‘good of community,’ not just individual rights
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Oct 05, 2021
Taking a COVID-19 vaccine is not just about individual rights and choices; it also is about how those rights and choices affect the greater community. That’s according to Brian Kane, Ph.D., of the Catholic...
Pandemic: Seniors feel better mentally, emotionally than middle-aged adults, but fewer plan to continue...
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Oct 04, 2021
During the pandemic, adults aged 65 or more years have fared better mentally and emotionally and as far as general quality of life than their counterparts aged 50 to 64, according to newly released results...
COVID-19 booster shots headed to long-term care this fall
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Aug 19, 2021
The federal government plans to begin offering COVID-19 booster shots to long-term care residents and healthcare workers as early as next month, the Biden administration announced Wednesday.
Senior living advocates ‘stopped freight train’ coming for Provider Relief Fund: Argentum
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jul 29, 2021
A concerted effort by the senior living and care industry may have “stopped the freight train” from running off with Provider Relief Fund dollars intended to help providers cover COVID-related expenses...
California mandates COVID-19 vaccination for long-term care workers
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jul 28, 2021
In an effort to counter a “pandemic of the unvaccinated” fueled by the delta variant and vaccine hesitancy, California became the first state to require all state workers, as well as workers in long-term...
Senior living operator takes layered approach to COVID-19 mitigation
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jul 23, 2021
Integral Senior Living is taking a layered approach to mitigating the effects of viruses, including COVID-19, with technology aimed at improving air quality and surface cleaning.
Senior living leaders hopeful $3.5 trillion budget bill will remember providers
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jul 15, 2021
Senate Democrats announced a $3.5 trillion budget agreement on Tuesday, and although details are limited on how the package specifically might affect aging services providers, senior living leaders remain...
Senior living makes case for OSHA to delay new COVID-19-related standards
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jul 08, 2021
The first compliance deadline for new COVID-19 workplace requirements for healthcare providers came and went Tuesday, with no response from the federal government to a plea from the senior living industry...
49 percent of assisted living providers operating at a loss: survey
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jun 30, 2021
Assisted living providers continue to face a serious economic crisis in the wake of the pandemic, according to the results of a new survey. A separate survey finds that Americans agree that more needs...