‘Substantial’ decline in dementia rates due in part to higher education levels: study
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Nov 08, 2022
The prevalence of dementia in older adults in the United States declined 30% between 2000 and 2016, possibly due to rising education levels, a reduction in smoking and better treatment of cardiovascular...
Vaccine mandate violates religious beliefs, lawsuit claims
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Sep 20, 2022
An Alabama continuing care retirement community is facing a religious discrimination lawsuit after allegedly firing four workers who refused to comply with its COVID-19 vaccine mandate.
Assisted living operators eligible for $10 million in COVID relief funds
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Sep 06, 2022
After being left out of multiple rounds of COVID-19 relief funding and “jealously” watching their skilled nursing counterparts have expenses reimbursed, Missouri’s assisted living and residential...
Accelerated pace of change will continue for senior living
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jan 04, 2024
The senior housing and care industry has experienced an accelerated pace of change over the past decade — particularly during the COVID-19 pandemic — in areas including technology adoption, workforce...
Ruling clears way for class-action suit over CCRC refunds
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Dec 14, 2022
A class-action lawsuit filed in 2013 against a senior living operator alleging consumer fraud over refunds to continuing care retirement community residents can move forward after a New Jersey judge denied...
Improving industry workforce, perceptions and access are 3 areas of focus for Argentum’s new strategic...
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Feb 09, 2023
Engaging, developing and supporting 2 million career opportunities in senior living, improving policymaker perceptions of the industry and making senior living more attractive to prospective residents...
It’s time to ‘go on offense’ and shift narrative on aging services: LeadingAge
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Oct 19, 2022
DENVER — Two years ago, LeadingAge President and CEO Katie Smith Sloan said she saw the pandemic as “the moment we’ve been waiting for.” Now, she said Tuesday at the group’s Annual Meeting +...
Workforce training expenses would be covered by college funding program under bipartisan legislation
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jul 19, 2023
Bipartisan legislation expanding the use of 529 savings accounts to cover workforce training and credentialing program expenses is gaining support from the senior living industry.
The Freedom to Invest...
Nursing home staffing mandate puts assisted living communities at risk of losing workers, experts say
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Sep 06, 2023
Assisted living communities are at risk of losing staff members following the first-ever proposed federal staffing mandate for nursing homes, released Friday, according to senior living experts.
Medicaid a major challenge to providing affordable assisted living, NCAL says
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Mar 30, 2023
The Medicaid program is one of the major challenges to the provision of affordable assisted living, according to a new white paper from the National Center for Assisted Living. At issue, according to the...