Paying direct care workers a living wage would reduce turnover, increase productivity by at least $5.5 billion: LeadingAge report … Long-term care must be a priority in next stimulus bill, AHCA/NCAL...
HHS: Assisted living to receive point-of-care COVID-19 antigen tests soon
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Sep 02, 2020
After previously being left out of the federal COVID-19 test allocation program, assisted living providers are about to receive a new antigen test cleared for emergency use authorization by the Food and...
Feds announce Provider Relief Fund application for private-pay assisted living
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Lois A. Bowers
Sep 01, 2020
Private-pay assisted living communities now may apply for funding under the Provider Relief Fund phase 2 general distribution allocation, the Department of Health and Human Services announced Tuesday through...
McKnight’s 40 for 40: Clifton J. Porter II
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James M. Berklan
Aug 31, 2020
Clifton J. “Clif” Porter II doesn’t mind comparisons to Jackie Robinson, the great baseball pioneer. Porter doesn’t open with such comparisons or bank on them himself, but he’s not going to chase...
More news for Thursday, Aug. 27
Aug 27, 2020
Long-term care pharmacies via for key role in COVID vaccine distribution … Report: Pandemic-related fiscal woes to continue for senior living … Pennsylvania expects to complete mandatory COVID-19...
Assisted living could be next in line for COVID relief funds
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Aug 24, 2020
Senior living providers are expected to have access soon to funding from the federal government to help them with their COVID-19-related expenses, according to the American Seniors Housing Association....
Aging groups see ‘skinny’ bill as a lightweight proposal
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Amy Novotney
Aug 20, 2020
Aging services providers criticized a new version of the Senate Republican leadership’s Health, Economic Assistance, Liability Protection and Schools Act proposal released Wednesday, saying it does little...
PPE pricing hampers hiring in senior living, operators say
By
Lois A. Bowers
Aug 18, 2020
The increasing cost of personal protective equipment is making it difficult for some assisted living communities and nursing homes to hire more nurses and caregivers to battle against COVID-19.
Most nursing homes losing money: AHCA survey
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Amy Novotney
Aug 14, 2020
COVID-19 had led to increased costs and financial hardship among nursing homes across the nation, according to a survey of 463 nursing home operators conducted earlier this week by the American Health...
Long-term care groups, 490 others, call for enactment of COVID-related legal protections ‘as soon as...
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Lois A. Bowers
Aug 10, 2020
Proposed legislation that would protect healthcare providers from COVID-19-related lawsuits “is critically needed and should be enacted as soon as possible,” 495 organizations, including several associations...