Bill would permanently block rule allowing providers to deny care based on religious beliefs
By
Lois A. Bowers
Nov 13, 2019
Three members of Congress planned to introduce a bill Tuesday that would permanently block a federal rule that allows healthcare workers and organizations to decline to provide care that conflicts with...
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Jun 28, 2021
DA reverses plans to seek death penalty for alleged senior living serial killer … FDA grants breakthrough therapy designation to donanemab and lecanemab for Alzheimer’s … Vapors from alcohol-based...
Community to face appeal of lesbian resident’s discrimination case dismissal
By
Lois A. Bowers
Jan 23, 2017
Lambda Legal said it will appeal a federal court’s dismissal of a lawsuit claiming that an Illinois senior living community failed to protect a lesbian resident from harassment, discrimination and...
LGBT adults worry about abuse, neglect in senior living as they age: survey
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Lois A. Bowers
Mar 28, 2018
Worries about potential neglect, abuse, access to services and harassment in assisted living communities and other long-term care settings are common among lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender adults,...
New HHS division will allow discrimination against LGBT residents, advocates say
By
Lois A. Bowers
Jan 19, 2018
Federal officials say a new division in the Department of Health and Human Services will protect the rights of healthcare workers who object to providing certain types of care on moral or religious grounds....
Big senior living stories of 2019
By
Lois A. Bowers
Dec 23, 2019
Here’s a look at some of the news that occupied many minds in senior living over the past year.
NYC’s first LGBT-friendly affordable senior housing building to open in June
By
Lois A. Bowers
Nov 15, 2018
Wednesday was the “topping-off” ceremony for what officials describe as New York City’s first LGBT-friendly affordable senior housing building and the largest such development in the country.
‘Whole rule must go’ — third judge tosses ‘conscience rule’
By
Lois A. Bowers
Nov 20, 2019
A third judge has ruled for plaintiffs challenging a federal rule that would have allowed individual healthcare workers as well as healthcare organizations to decline to provide care that conflicted with...
Top 20 ‘LGBT-friendly’ cities for retirees named by website
By
Lois A. Bowers
Feb 28, 2018
A new list of the top “LGBT-friendly” cities for retirees contains 11 new metropolitan areas this year as well as nine returning cities that were on the inaugural list last year.
HUD now interprets Fair Housing Act to prohibit discrimination based on sexual orientation, gender identity
By
Lois A. Bowers
Feb 12, 2021
Elder advocacy organizations said Thursday that they welcomed an announcement by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development that it now interprets the Fair Housing Act to bar discrimination on...