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Why the RN visa delays? Group demands answers
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jun 30, 2022
A long-term care coalition is asking the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services to investigate Texas visa delays for registered nurses.
Three assisted living communities and three other assisted living and skilled nursing providers are among this year’s winners of Silver Achievement in Quality Awards from the American Health Care Association...
Business briefs, June 29
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jun 29, 2022
McKnight’s Tech Awards deadline is Thursday … HHS needs to improve communications for health IT breach reporting: GAO … EEOC adds non-binary ‘X’ gender marker to charge intake form … Green...
Providing palliative care to wider group of people, including assisted living residents, gains bipartisan...
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jun 24, 2022
A demonstration project to deliver palliative care no matter where an individual lives — including in assisted living communities — and earlier in the disease process has gained bipartisan support.
‘This is a first’ — ‘Vision’ group aims to create leadership pathways for senior living and...
By
James M. Berklan
Jun 22, 2022
Senior living and other aging services leaders took another big step forward Tuesday with the announcement of the Vision Centre: Leadership Development for Aging Services initiative.
People in the news, June 21
By
Nicole Blanchard
Jun 21, 2022
Appointments and promotions at Bridge Senior Living, Claiborne Senior Living, Erickson Senior Living, Hebrew SeniorLife, Indiana Health Care Association / Indiana Center for Assisted Living, Life Care...
Expanding veterans’ access to assisted living is ‘common sense,’ associations say
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jun 16, 2022
“Commonsense” legislation expanding access to cost-effective assisted living has gained support from the major associations representing senior living and other long-term care providers.
Advocacy groups ‘strongly urge’ DOL to consider changes to processing Schedule A petitions
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jun 16, 2022
LeadingAge and the American Health Care Association / National Center for Assisted Living met Monday with staff from the Department of Labor to “strongly urge” the agency to consider changes to Schedule...
Senators re-introduce legislation to improve vetting, training of caregivers in nursing homes
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jun 15, 2022
Sens. Mark R. Warner (D-VA) and Tim Scott (R-SC) re-introduced legislation Monday designed to help nursing homes improve their vetting and training of caregivers to help ensure resident safety.