Relatively new leaders at three associations representing senior living providers will be facing established and evolving issues in 2016, they tell McKnight’s Senior Living in exclusive interviews.
Hall of Honor inductee shares insights
Jun 10, 2019
2019 McKnight’s Women of Distinction Hall of Honor inductee Stephanie Harris, CEO and principal of Arrow Senior Living, recently sat down with McKnight’s Senior Living to discuss the growing role of...
‘Invisible workforce’ of informal caregivers can benefit residents, staff: study
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jan 06, 2022
Acknowledging, incorporating and supporting the “invisible workforce” of informal family caregivers can benefit residents, professional caregivers and staff members in assisted living communities and...
Provider Relief Fund bill would delay reporting requirements, expand allowable uses
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Feb 14, 2022
A new bill delaying “onerous paperwork requirements” and expanding allowable uses for Provider Relief Fund dollars has garnered bipartisan support.
Why calls for reform aren’t reasonable
By
John O'Connor
May 26, 2022
Differing constituencies have different priorities. What’s reasonable to one side might be fighting words to the other.
The benefits of earned wage access
By
Mary Haynes
Oct 31, 2019
As a business leader, I always am looking for innovative workforce solutions. We pay fair wages, and our employees can benefit from being able to better manage their finances — and I soon discovered...
Preparation, awareness of vaccine hesitancy help Maine home care agency become COVID-19 vaccine facility
By
Joe Jancsurak
Feb 18, 2021
After months of preparation, Androscoggin Home Healthcare and Hospice in Lewiston, ME, did what few independent agencies have attempted: It transformed itself into a COVID-19 vaccine facility.
Congressional Democrats back long-term care help for middle-income families
By
Diane Eastabrook
Apr 14, 2021
President Joseph Biden’s $400 billion plan to upgrade the nation’s caregiving infrastructure could include ways to help middle-income Americans pay for long-term care through Medicare of Medicaid.
Affordable senior housing program could see 21 percent funding increase under appropriations bill
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Mar 10, 2022
The federal affordable housing program for older adults would receive a 21% increase in funding over last year if the $1.5 trillion fiscal year 2022 appropriations bill, released Wednesday, passes and...
Providers in COVID-19 hotspots decry ‘woefully insufficient’ pandemic response
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jul 30, 2020
In a show of “disappointment” over the latest coronavirus relief package introduced Monday by Senate Republicans, senior living leaders said the proposed legislation does not yet acknowledge the “fundamental...