NIC notes 4 takeaways from first-quarter fundamentals …… Tennessee creates coordinated response to Alzheimer’s disease … Arizona assisted living community turns over control to third party amid...
State tries to remove ‘veil of arbitration secrecy’ in memory care elder abuse case
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Dec 19, 2023
In a bid to remove a “veil of arbitration secrecy,” one state attorney general filed a motion to intervene in a lawsuit alleging elder abuse at a memory care facility.
Settlement removes ‘secrecy clauses’ from assisted living operator’s arbitration agreements, and...
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Mar 05, 2024
A settlement that ends a senior living community’s arbitration agreement “secrecy clauses” is being called a “big win” by Arizona’s top attorney, who said she will move to strike down such...
Legislative committee considers locating child care centers in nursing homes
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Sep 27, 2023
Child care centers could be located in nursing homes under a proposal discussed Monday by the South Dakota Study Committee on Sustainable Models for Long Term Care.
Law places ‘unprecedented restrictions’ on ownership agreements: provider groups
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Nov 23, 2022
A new law is touting job protections for New Jersey healthcare workers when facility ownership changes hands. But state long-term care organizations say the “unprecedented restrictions” contained in...
New bill raises bar in medical negligence suits against assisted living providers
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Apr 11, 2023
A new bill introduced in the Florida Legislature would raise the bar in medical negligence lawsuits against assisted living and other long-term care providers following the death of a resident.
State proposal would bring Medicaid reimbursement to assisted living
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Dec 22, 2022
Older adults in Pennsylvania who no longer can afford their assisted living community but who don’t require skilled nursing care may get a lifeline to age in place under a new proposal.
Business briefs, April 26
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Apr 26, 2024
Senate bill counts hospital ‘observation’ days toward time needed for skilled nursing coverage … This state is inching closer to universal sick leave … Senate, House appropriations subcommittees...
Bill would ban COVID-19 vaccine mandates despite older adults remaining at highest risk for serious outcomes
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Nov 02, 2023
A study underscoring the need to continue to protect older adults from COVID-19 comes as one state appears close to banning COVID-19 vaccine mandates by private employers, including senior living communities.
Another operator settles security deposit class action lawsuit, this time for $1 million
By
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.