Family feels less guilt when loved one moves to assisted living versus nursing home: study
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Nov 02, 2021
The majority of older adults (79%) responding to Genworth’s Caregiving in COVID-19 Beyond Dollars Study 2021 said they preferred to receive care in their homes, but only 42% actually received assistance...
Policymaker action needed to eliminate COVID-19-related racial, ethnic disparities in long-term care:...
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jun 11, 2020
Racial and ethnic minority users of long-term services and supports at assisted living communities, nursing homes and other settings are at increased risk during the coronavirus pandemic due to individual...
Operators cite ‘urgent’ need for COVID funding relief
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Dec 17, 2020
With a tentative agreement and an expected vote on a COVID relief package expected this week, senior living industry leaders said the need for additional relief funding in senior living is “urgent.”
LeadingAge issues ‘call to action’ to public to prevent more COVID-19 deaths
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Nov 24, 2020
With older adults “living at ground zero of the pandemic,” LeadingAge President and CEO Katie Smith Sloan has issued a “call to action” to prevent more loss of life.
Massachusetts officials reject groups’ call to keep mask mandate after PHE expires
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Apr 10, 2023
Plans to drop a mask mandate in healthcare settings — including residential care facilities — next month are moving forward in Massachusetts, despite outcries from some health professionals and organizations...
Bipartisan group of 25 senators supports additional COVID aid for senior living
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Apr 15, 2021
Twenty-five U.S. senators have signed on to a letter asking that some of the $23 billion remaining in the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act Provider Relief Fund be dedicated to...
Education, mandates, incentives drive high long-term care staff COVID-19 vaccination rates
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
May 27, 2021
Hawaii’s assisted living and other long-term care facilities are beating the odds — and national averages — by achieving an average 84% staff COVID-19 vaccination rate. Elsewhere, some providers...
Operator plans defense against lawsuit seeking $1 million after employee’s COVID-19 death
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Aug 18, 2020
The principal of a Texas assisted living and memory care operator says the company “vehemently” denies the claims made in a wrongful death lawsuit and will defend itself in court after an employee...
Connecticut to pay research firm $450,000 to review state’s COVID-19 response in senior living
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jul 09, 2020
The state of Connecticut will pay a research firm $450,000 to conduct an independent review of the state’s COVID-19 response in assisted living communities and nursing homes, Gov. Ned Lamont announced...
COVID-19, in some respects, made senior living more appealing: survey
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Feb 09, 2021
COVID-19 didn’t do much to change opinions of potential future senior living residents, with the appeal of those communities mostly increasing in the wake of the pandemic, according to the results of...