Senior living provider groups maintain opposition to proposed ‘joint employer’ rule
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Dec 12, 2022
Senior living advocates formally have voiced their opposition to a rule for determining “joint employer” status proposed by the National Labor Relations Board.
Long-term care industry calls — again — for priority testing, staffing, funding for ‘epic battle’...
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Apr 30, 2020
The long-term care industry repeated a call to government officials to prioritize COVID-19 testing, staffing and emergency funding to support senior living in the COVID-19 battle. The effort comes as another...
RIP PRF: Debt ceiling deal effectively ends pandemic relief program with billions unspent
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jun 09, 2023
The bipartisan debt ceiling deal has officially signaled the death knell for the Provider Relief Fund, with billions in funds that potentially could have assisted senior living and other long-term care...
Biden lays out a ‘path out of the pandemic,’ but senior living says it’s a ‘path toward bankruptcy’
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Sep 10, 2021
President Biden late Thursday laid out a six-point COVID-19 action plan to combat the virus and protect the economy, but one senior living association executive called it “a path toward bankruptcy”...
Assisted living gets a break on EPA hazardous waste pharmaceutical rule
By
Lois A. Bowers
Jan 14, 2019
Assisted living communities can breathe a sigh of relief now that Environmental Protection Agency Acting Administrator Andrew Wheeler has signed the agency’s final rule regarding the disposal of hazardous...
As COVID-19 vaccine mandate challenges play out, assisted living providers are stuck in ‘doughnut hole’...
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Dec 02, 2021
A federal COVID-19 vaccine-or-test mandate was hit with another lawsuit Monday, which challenged the government’s authority to issue such a mandate and called the mandate a “gross abuse” of government...
Senior living needs ‘substantial and immediate financial relief’ from COVID-19, leaders tell federal...
By
Lois A. Bowers
Jul 21, 2020
Senior living operators require “substantial and immediate financial relief” from expenses related to the COVID-19 pandemic, the leaders of four major associations representing operators of independent...
As feds claw back PRF payments, assisted living frustrated it ‘lost out’ over mismanagement
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Sep 25, 2023
As the federal government continues to claw back misappropriated and unused COVID-19 relief funds, senior living industry advocates remain frustrated that assisted living providers “lost out” on this...
Senator: Feds have ‘got to do a lot more’ for senior living industry
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Feb 23, 2021
“I’ll just be blunt with you — the federal government hasn’t done nearly enough to help the folks who work in those settings. We’ve got to do a lot more,” Sen. Bob Casey (D-PA) said Monday...
‘We’ve got to stay vigilant’: Argentum CEO discusses importance of policymaker, consumer education
By
Lois A. Bowers
Sep 20, 2021
Educating policymakers and consumers can help the senior living industry keep regulation at the state level and ensure that prospective residents and their families understand the benefits of senior living,...