Takeaways from NIC MAP’s fourth-quarter fundamentals release … Use of Medicaid wraparound services by dually eligible individuals varies by service, state … StartUp Health launches global Alzheimer’s...
Senior living affordability, workforce development at center of revamped SENIOR Act
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Mar 11, 2024
Workforce development and increased access to assisted living are the key provisions of an updated bipartisan bill backed by Argentum.
Bake sale-supported nursing home turns to assisted living to survive
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Josh Henreckson
Apr 05, 2024
A Rhode Island nursing home that had turned to a grassroots funding campaign that included a resident-run bake sale to avoid closure is reworking one of its floors into a memory-care focused assisted...
Policy initiatives underway to lessen direct care workforce shortages
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Apr 29, 2024
Direct care workforce shortages strain the healthcare system overall and affect access, quality and costs. Although no single answer to the issue exists, several policy initiatives and solutions underway...
Senator seeks more than $853M for affordable senior housing
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
May 02, 2024
Sen. Robert Menendez (D-NJ) is circulating a letter among his colleagues on the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation, Housing and Urban Development urging support for an investment in Department...
Federal nursing home staffing mandate will siphon workers from senior living, groups fear
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Apr 23, 2024
A federal nursing home staffing mandate will siphon workers from assisted living and other long-term care settings, in the long run limiting access to care and services, according to senior living experts...
Proposed initiative effectively would kill long-term care payroll tax program
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Feb 06, 2024
A new initiative “cleverly framed to sound like a reasonable change” to allow people to opt out of Washington state’s long-term care insurance program would effectively kill the program and take...
More news for Monday, March 18
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Mar 18, 2024
Invesque continues to sell SNFs in shift to predominantly private-pay properties … Assisted living, healthcare settings account for more than half of US waterborne disease exposures … CMS releases...
Provider groups applaud millions in proposed investments in older adults but say plans fall short
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Feb 08, 2024
A proposed $11.7 million investment in Pennsylvania’s master plan on aging is being celebrated by leaders in the senior living industry for prioritizing the needs of older adults, but experts expressed...
South Dakota seeks $26 million increase to support assisted living, nursing home staffing
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jan 30, 2024
Additional funding to maintain staffing at South Dakota’s assisted living communities and nursing homes is needed to increase the number of residents those facilities can serve, according to the state.