Pennsylvania to develop Master Plan for Older Adults with industry input
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
May 30, 2023
Pennsylvania aging services industry advocates and other stakeholders are gathering input after Gov. Josh Shapiro (D) signed an executive order Thursday creating a Master Plan for Older Adults to address...
Healthcare workers appeal dismissal of suit challenging Maine vax mandate
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Sep 20, 2022
Seven healthcare workers are appealing a federal judge’s dismissal of a claim against several companies, the governor and other officials regarding Maine’s healthcare COVID-19 vaccine mandate. The...
Another operator settles security deposit class action lawsuit, this time for $1 million
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Apr 11, 2023
Another Massachusetts senior living operator has settled a class action lawsuit over contract language that conflicts with the state’s security deposit statute.
New York first state to require employers to offer paid prenatal leave
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Apr 24, 2024
New York is set to become the first state to require employers to provide 20 hours of additional paid time off for pregnant workers for pregnancy-related medical care without requiring workers to tap into...
Training, wage improvements necessary to increase supply of direct care workers, task force says
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Dec 20, 2022
Competitive compensation, skills training and job improvements are among the recommendations a state task force made to lawmakers to increase the supply of direct care workers in assisted living communities...
Proposal would change COVID-19 reporting for assisted living providers
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Dec 20, 2023
Assisted living communities and other congregate living settings would change how they report COVID-19 cases under a proposal by the Alabama Department of Public Health.
Master Plan for Aging adds dementia screening tool for providers
By
Lois A. Bowers
Apr 17, 2023
Primary care providers in the country’s most populous state have a new screening tool to help them identify cognitive decline in older adults and determine next steps.
Making assisted living communities Medicaid-eligible providers would benefit residents, companies, government,...
By
Lois A. Bowers
Apr 03, 2023
A Pennsylvania legislator has proposed a bill that would allow assisted living communities to become Medicaid-eligible providers, and the results of a new member survey from the Pennsylvania Health Care...
$12 million available for assisted living to ‘build long-term resiliency’ in wake of COVID-19
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Nov 18, 2022
Assisted living and other long-term care providers in Pennsylvania are eligible to apply for almost $12 million in federal funding to invest in workforce and infrastructure needs to build “long-term...
Providers ‘barely surviving’ as lawmakers debate increasing Medicaid reimbursement rates
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jan 23, 2023
Assisted living and other long-term care operators in Montana are “barely surviving” due to increased operational costs, providers testified before the Montana state legislature’s health and human...