Hybrid delivery model debuts in Ohio senior living communities
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Dec 01, 2021
Tablets are being distributed to hundreds of residents of senior living communities in a bid to create a hybrid care delivery model for older adults.
Pandemic effects linger, requiring adjustments on visitation, staffing: CEO
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Nov 23, 2021
With its first COVID-19 vaccination booster clinic on the calendar for next week, one Washington, D.C.-based long-term care provider said its staff and residents are lining up after seeing the results...
Regardless of legal challenges, be prepared to implement COVID-19 vaccination mandates: legal experts
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Nov 17, 2021
Be prepared to act. That was the consensus from a panel of legal experts who provided an update on the status of federal healthcare, COVID-19 vaccination and testing requirements to Argentum members on...
Partnership creates employment pipeline for CCRC, career opportunities for at-risk students
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Nov 17, 2021
A Tulsa, OK, life plan / continuing care retirement community has found an innovative way to create an employment pipeline for its community while also helping at-risk high school students find healthcare...
With OSHA COVID-19 vaccine mandate on hold, states move to restrict business requirements
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Nov 16, 2021
As a federal appellate court on Friday upheld its stay on President Biden’s vaccine-or-test mandate for employers with 100 or more workers, states are using legislative maneuvers to attempt to prevent...
Now is the time for older adults, their caregivers: aging services leaders
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Nov 11, 2021
As the country waits for action on the historic $1.75 trillion social spending bill, long-term care advocates are ramping up campaigns angling to refocus attention on the sector.
Concert racket leads Arizona life plan community to seek court relief
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Nov 10, 2021
After seven months of seeking a resolution over a local music venue’s “unnecessary and excessive noise,” an Arizona life plan community is seeking a court order to turn down the volume and allow...
Portfolio optimization transforming NHI into ‘jewel box’: CEO
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Nov 09, 2021
National Health Investors’ recent portfolio optimization efforts have transformed the real estate investment trust into a high coverage, high quality “jewel box,” President and CEO Eric Mendelsohn...
Federal COVID-19 vaccination, testing mandates have pros, cons, experts say
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Nov 05, 2021
Although generally supportive of federal COVID-19 vaccine mandates for members of its workforce, senior living leaders are concerned about the effects on its workforce.
Slimmer, $1.75T Build Back Better framework calls for ‘historic’ investment in older adults, but...
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Oct 29, 2021
A pared down, $1.75 trillion social spending package framework announced Thursday by President Biden is being called a “historic step” for older adults, but greater investments still are necessary...