Take stock of LGBTQ+ nondiscrimination practices, attorneys advise
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Aug 19, 2022
Treating residents as individuals, training staff members and having the appropriate policies and procedures in place are key takeaways for senior living communities and other long-term care facilities...
Support, data, immigration reform necessary to address caregiver workforce shortage
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Dec 08, 2023
Supportive environments to increase retention, domestic and immigration policy reform, and solid data-gathering measures are among the recommendations coming out of a new report addressing the direct care...
$560 million in Provider Relief Fund payments heading to operators this week
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Feb 25, 2022
More than 4,100 healthcare providers are in line to receive collectively more than $560 million in Provider Relief Fund Phase 4 general distribution payments this week, bringing to $19 billion the total...
2022 eyed as ‘turning point’ for National Health Investors: CEO
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Feb 24, 2022
Senior housing is making a comeback and will contribute to 2022 being a turning point for National Health Investors, President and CEO Eric Mendelsohn said Wednesday.
CCRCs to participate in $3 million test of robots to curb resident loneliness, apathy
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jul 27, 2020
Two Ohio continuing care retirement communities will participate in a $3.13 million study testing whether socially assistive robots, some of which are shaped like animals, can encourage social interaction...
Sonida looks to close out ‘exceptional’ recovery year, focused on 2024 growth
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Nov 15, 2023
Sonida Senior Living is approaching the end of an “exceptional” year in its recovery, with increased occupancy and rate growth, along with stabilizing operating expenses.
Rule on $350 billion in COVID funding provides opportunities for senior living
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jan 11, 2022
A final rule on how states and local governments can spend $350 billion in COVID-19 prevention and mitigation funds provides a new opportunity for senior living providers to secure funding for pandemic-related...
Capital Senior Living ‘at inflection point,’ CEO says
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
May 14, 2021
With the “grips of the pandemic” easing considerably over the past few months, and a 93% vaccination rate among its residents, Capital Senior Living President and CEO Kimberly Lody said signs of recovery...
Organizations looking at mergers, affiliations must ‘get their house in order’
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Nov 06, 2023
CHICAGO — With increased state attorneys general scrutiny of business transactions, aging services providers would be best served by “getting their house in order” before contemplating a merger,...
Employer COVID-19 vaccine mandates significantly increase uptake with little effect on staffing: study
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Aug 08, 2023
An employee mandate led to a “significant” increase in COVID-19 vaccine uptake with little effect on staffing in a multi-state network of continuing care retirement communities studied by researchers,...