Senate leader promises coronavirus relief this week as U.S. cases, deaths increase and senior living...
By
Lois A. Bowers
Mar 18, 2020
As coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) spreads in the U.S. and senior living companies face increasing challenges, the Senate on Tuesday did not vote on a relief bill passed by the House. Senate Majority...
Coalition of state attorneys general sue HHS over rollback on LGBT protections
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jul 28, 2020
A coalition of 23 state attorneys general are suing the Trump administration over a new rule they say allows healthcare discrimination targeting LGBTQ+ individuals, including those living in residential...
After Supreme Court stay on COVID vaccination mandate, senior living industry touts own inoculation efforts
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jan 14, 2022
In the wake of Thursday’s U.S. Supreme Court ruling that reinstated a stay against the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s COVID-19 vaccination-and-testing mandate for employers with 100...
Is it time to reimagine assisted living? These industry experts say yes
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Feb 09, 2022
Assisted living must be reimagined as an affordable care option providing quality, person-centered care that melds social and medical models, according to industry experts.
$413 million in Provider Relief Fund payments welcome news, but ‘extreme frustration’ remains
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Mar 24, 2022
An announcement about the distribution of $413 million in Phase 4 Provider Relief Fund payments this week is welcome news, but it did little to quell the “extreme frustration” senior living providers...
It’s time we integrate medical care into assisted living
By
Christopher E. Laxton, CAE
Feb 25, 2019
We’re at an inflection point for the integration of healthcare into assisted living. It’s time to stop talking and start doing something thoughtfully and intentionally.
3 tools to reduce hospitalizations, ED visits among assisted living residents
By
Lois A. Bowers
Dec 01, 2015
Three tools that have shown success in improving the quality of care provided to skilled nursing residents also work well for residents of assisted living communities, according to new research.
Assisted living communities close to hospitals more likely to use EDs for residents’ primary care
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Sep 14, 2023
Assisted living communities located close to hospitals are more likely to rely on emergency departments to provide non-emergency primary care rather than invest in onsite or on-call medical staff, according...
AMDA leadership weighs in on DEA’s telehealth medicine rules debate
By
Jessica R. Towhey
Aaron Dorman
Aug 10, 2023
The DEA may re-evaluate its rules on prescribing controlled substances via telehealth appointments, following a deluge of 38,000 public comments on the initial rulemaking.
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