As SCOTUS weighs COVID-19 vaccination mandates for workers, providers should work toward compliance: AHCA / NCAL … $40M available for artificial intelligence, technology projects to improve older adult...
OSHA COVID-19 workplace safety standard set to expire while vaccine mandates await legal rulings
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Dec 07, 2021
While a pair of federal vaccination mandates are being held up in the courts, action — or inaction — on another federal standard could have a heavy impact on assisted living providers in the next...
Worker vaccine mandate policies continue to accumulate among senior living providers
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Aug 23, 2021
Following the announcement of the coming COVID-19 booster shot as another tool to fight the spread of the virus, more states, providers and advocacy groups are joining the call for vaccine mandates for...
Breakthrough infection experience leads senior living provider to insist that ‘vaccinations are necessary’
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Aug 12, 2021
Connecticut-based Masonicare was among the first senior living providers to announce a staff COVID-19 vaccine mandate back in December 2020, when vaccines first became available. So when a staff member...
Safe holiday celebrations start with COVID-19 vaccination, boosters: expert
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Dec 14, 2021
With the threat of increasing COVID-19 cases due to variants coming amid the backdrop of holiday gatherings, one long-term care medical expert is urging people to roll up their sleeves to protect older...
Assisted living providers balance care and service delivery, compliance with complex policies: speaker
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Oct 27, 2021
ATLANTA — Assisted living and life plan communities have had much to deal with in the past 18 months, including fair housing challenges, vaccine mandates and exemptions, COVID-19 liability lawsuits,...
LeadingAge, 56 other groups call for mandatory COVID vaccination for workers
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Lois A. Bowers
Jul 26, 2021
LeadingAge joined 56 other healthcare professional associations Monday in calling for a COVID-19 vaccination requirement for long-term care and other healthcare workers.
Touting the industry’s success in COVID-19 vaccination of staff members, senior living leaders expressed relief Tuesday after the federal government announced its withdrawal of the COVID-19 vaccination-and-testing...
AHCA/NCAL announces support of mandatory COVID-19 vaccination for long-term care workers
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Lois A. Bowers
Jul 29, 2021
The American Health Care Association / National Center for Assisted Living “strongly urges” vaccination against COVID-19 for all healthcare personnel and supports all providers that adopt mandatory...
Lifting of states of emergency effectively ends many pandemic regulations for some senior living providers
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Sep 22, 2022
The lifting of COVID-19 states of emergency in two states — and the rescission of a COVID-19 vaccine mandate in one of the country’s largest cities — effectively ends many pandemic regulations affecting...