‘Clinic without walls’ for long-term care residents ‘one of many benefits’ of Good Samaritan–Sanford...
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jul 25, 2022
About a year after their affiliation was finalized, long-term care provider Evangelical Lutheran Good Samaritan Society and healthcare system Sanford Health in Sioux Falls, SD, launched a program meant...
PREVENT Pandemics Act clears Senate committee
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Mar 17, 2022
The Prepare for and Respond to Existing Viruses, Emerging New Threats (PREVENT) Pandemics Act is one step closer to reaching the Senate floor. The Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee approved...
Business briefs, March 23
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Mar 23, 2022
New law toughens background checks, requirements for nursing care administrator licenses, assisted living certificates … Lawsuit against NY nursing home in COVID-19 resident death can move forward, judge...
Glennis Solutions achieves national IT certification for resident care software platform
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
May 27, 2022
Louisville, KY-based Glennis Solutions’ resident care software platform has achieved certification from the Office of the National Coordinator of Health Information Technology, the Atria Senior Living-owned...
Proposed law could jeopardize long-term care facility sales, associations say
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Feb 07, 2022
Legislators contend that a bill passed out of the New Jersey’s Senate Health, Human Services and Senior Citizens Committee on Thursday could preserve healthcare workers’ wages and benefits upon the...
Tech will play critical role in combating labor challenges, other issues: Ziegler
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jun 08, 2021
The market for technologies that address healthcare labor shortages is expected to grow alongside workforce challenges and an aging population, according to specialty investment bank Ziegler’s recently...
Long-term care operator transitions TNAs to CNAs in ‘Grand’ style
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jun 29, 2022
The Valley Stream, NY-based Grand Healthcare nursing and rehabilitation system recently graduated 85 home-grown certified nursing assistant students through its in-house training program.
HUD announces new round of COVID-19 payments for affordable senior housing property owners
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Sep 20, 2021
The Department of Housing and Urban Development announced Thursday the fourth round of COVID-19 supplemental payments for multifamily housing providers, including owners of Section 202 properties.
Holding onto ‘authentic identity’ in senior living a priority for LGBTQ seniors
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jul 01, 2022
Senior living operators are learning what the LGBTQ community has always known: LTBTQ seniors are looking for welcoming communities where they can express their authentic identity without retreating into...
Trilogy brings ancillary services under Synchrony Health Services umbrella
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jan 06, 2022
The landscape is changing a bit for Trilogy Health Services’s ancillary services subsidiary Synchrony Health Services.