Minimum wage issue pits states against one another
By
Lois A. Bowers
Apr 28, 2016
Next week, Florida Gov. Rick Scott will travel to California to try to convince business leaders there to move their operations to his state to escape a planned minimum wage increase to $15. A senior living...
Association makes case for protecting life plan communities
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Sep 18, 2020
Realizing Florida’s continuing care retirement communities would be placed in an untenable position due to a proposed federal rule affecting the Medicaid program, LeadingAge Florida knew it had to act.
Judge blocks NY vaccine mandate for assisted living, other workers over lack of religious exemption
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Sep 15, 2021
A federal judge on Tuesday granted a temporary restraining order blocking New York state from mandating COVID-19 vaccinations for healthcare workers, including workers in assisted living communities, saying...
Several senior living companies sued over COVID-19 vaccine mandate for workers
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Aug 30, 2021
Several senior living and care organizations and the state of Maine are being sued by a national religious organization over the state’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate for healthcare workers.
New law creates LGBT ‘Bill of Rights’ for California assisted living, nursing home residents
By
Lois A. Bowers
Oct 10, 2017
A bill signed into law Oct. 4 by California Gov. Jerry Brown establishes a Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Long-Term Care Facility Residents’ Bill of Rights to protect LGBT older adults in...
Lawmakers approve broad funding increases for skilled nursing facilities
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Apr 11, 2022
Legislators in Illinois and Minnesota recently have approved broad funding increases for skilled nursing facilities in their states.
Oakmont requests hearing as California passes emergency preparedness law
By
Lois A. Bowers
Sep 14, 2018
Oakmont Senior Living has requested a hearing about the potential shuttering of two of its California senior living communities over staff members’ alleged handling of resident evacuations during...
Lawsuit challenges Maine’s vaccination mandate for healthcare workers on religious grounds
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Aug 30, 2021
National religious organization Liberty Council has filed a lawsuit on behalf of nine “Jane Doe” healthcare workers against long-term care organizations, Maine Gov. Janet Mills (D) and other defendants,...
State lawmakers take action on COVID-19-related liability, vaccination legislation
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Dec 02, 2021
More COVID-19-related legislation is working its way through state legislat
Barking up the wrong tree
By
Lois A. Bowers
Apr 05, 2021
It appears that the senior living industry remains misunderstood, if reports of a famous rock musician and his wife are accurate.