Aging services leaders urge Biden administration to prioritize homebound seniors for vaccines
By
Joe Jancsurak
Mar 12, 2021
Four leading aging services organizations this week pressed the Biden administration to prioritize certain vulnerable older Americans, such as homebound seniors and home health care workers, in the vaccination...
Study: One-third of seniors think they have to pay for COVID-19 vaccine
By
Diane Eastabrook
Mar 12, 2021
One in three seniors thinks they have to pay for the COVID-19 vaccine. That is one of the surprising findings from a new survey conducted by healthcare consultant Avalere Health and healthy solutions company...
Listening is key to addressing senior living staff vaccine hesitancy: NIH senior adviser
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Mar 11, 2021
Combatting vaccine hesitancy in senior living staff members is as easy as listening, according to a senior adviser in the National Institutes of Health.
Increase vaccination uptake with focus on ‘movable middle’: report
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Mar 10, 2021
Senior living operators looking to increase staff COVID-19 vaccine uptake should focus their efforts on the “movable middle” by making vaccination easy, building trust in vaccine safety and offering...
Rural seniors face additional vaccination challenges
By
Diane Eastabrook
Mar 10, 2021
In late January, healthcare providers in remote Aroostook County, Maine, needed help getting the word out about the COVID-19 vaccine to its 70,000 residents — about a quarter of whom are elderly. They...
NCAL: Vaccines, state prioritization of long-term care bode well for assisted living communities
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Mar 09, 2021
As COVID-19 cases and deaths continue to drop in long-term care settings, calls for reopening assisted living facilities are increasing.
Verified Vaccinated Visitors program allows unrestricted access in senior living
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Mar 03, 2021
Weighing the risks versus benefits of loosening up restrictions in the independent living part of its life plan community, one New Hampshire long-term care provider is launching a new visitation program...
Industry pursues two avenues for coronavirus relief as long-term care observes ‘most difficult year’
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Mar 03, 2021
American Health Care Association and National Center for Assisted Living President and CEO Mark Parkinson said the organizations are pursuing two avenues for coronavirus relief for operators since the...
Senators introduce bill calling for $1.5B to help seniors cope with the effects of COVID-19
By
Joe Jancsurak
Feb 26, 2021
In recognition of the soaring demand for senior services during the COVID-19 pandemic, U.S. Sens. Bob Casey (D-PA), Mark Kelly (D-AZ) and Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) introduced on Thursday the Continued...
Vaccinations should be enough to lift visitation restrictions in senior living, ASHA tells governors
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Feb 25, 2021
Citing resident vaccination rates, the American Seniors Housing Association is asking the nation’s governors to begin easing “harmful” visitation restrictions in senior living communities.