State COVID-19 vaccine distribution plans must prioritize long-term care residents, staff, AHCA/NCAL...
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Sep 30, 2020
As state governors prepare COVID-19 vaccine administration and distribution plans by an Oct. 16 deadline, one industry trade association is urging state leaders to make long-term care residents and staff...
Industry pursues two avenues for coronavirus relief as long-term care observes ‘most difficult year’
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Mar 03, 2021
American Health Care Association and National Center for Assisted Living President and CEO Mark Parkinson said the organizations are pursuing two avenues for coronavirus relief for operators since the...
National Assisted Living Week theme honors essential caregivers in 2020
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jun 05, 2020
With a nod to essential frontline caregivers battling COVID-19, “Caring is EssentiAL” has been announced as the theme of this year’s National Assisted Living Week.
Assisted living could be next in line for COVID relief funds
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Aug 24, 2020
Senior living providers are expected to have access soon to funding from the federal government to help them with their COVID-19-related expenses, according to the American Seniors Housing Association....
Bill proposes study of effects of price gouging on providers during pandemic
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Aug 02, 2022
A proposed bill calling for a study of how healthcare providers have been affected by price gouging by temporary staffing agencies during the COVID-19 pandemic was introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives...
Data collection effort paves way for potential federal COVID-19 aid for assisted living providers
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jul 31, 2020
Several associations representing assisted living providers hope a new data collection portal will bring members and nonmembers one step closer to receiving federal relief for their COVID-19-related costs....
Majority of assisted living communities have less than 2-week supply of masks, gowns to fight COVID-19:...
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jun 19, 2020
More than half of assisted living communities have less than a two-week supply of vital personal protective equipment, placing them at a “significant disadvantage” in protecting older adults and staff...
61 percent of assisted living operators say workforce issues might force them to close
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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...
OSHA’s COVID-19-related standards ‘burdensome,’ ‘duplicative,’ senior living execs say
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Aug 23, 2021
New federal workplace safety rules, although well-intentioned, are burdensome and do not account for frequently changing guidance from other agencies, according to senior living association executives....
HRSA reorganization provides hope that imminent release of Provider Relief Funds is near
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Sep 03, 2021
As senior living and care organizations double down on the federal government to distribute the remaining $44 billion in the Provider Relief Fund, a new bureau has been created to specifically manage and...