COVID-19 booster shots headed to long-term care this fall
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Aug 19, 2021
The federal government plans to begin offering COVID-19 booster shots to long-term care residents and healthcare workers as early as next month, the Biden administration announced Wednesday.
Society needs to weather tripledemic ‘storm’ to build back immunity: expert
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Nov 22, 2022
As media reports of hospitals being pushed to the brink over the tripledemic of RSV, COVID-19 and influenza dominate, one expert said society will need to “get through the storm” before things will...
Florida lawmakers take on federal COVID-19 vaccination mandates
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Nov 19, 2021
A series of state bills aimed at dismantling employer COVID-19 vaccine mandates is headed to Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ desk, potentially making the state the first to fine employers for requiring vaccinations.
Educating or ‘taking a stand’? Associations differ on approach to long-term care worker COVID vaccination
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jul 27, 2021
A growing number of professional associations are calling for COVID-19 vaccination requirements for healthcare workers, but at least one major organization is pumping the brakes on calling for an industry-wide...
Vaccine mandate violates religious beliefs, lawsuit claims
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Sep 20, 2022
An Alabama continuing care retirement community is facing a religious discrimination lawsuit after allegedly firing four workers who refused to comply with its COVID-19 vaccine mandate.
Assisted living providers balance care and service delivery, compliance with complex policies: speaker
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Oct 27, 2021
ATLANTA — Assisted living and life plan communities have had much to deal with in the past 18 months, including fair housing challenges, vaccine mandates and exemptions, COVID-19 liability lawsuits,...
Communication, documentation key in COVID litigation defense, legal experts say
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Oct 28, 2022
COVID-19 continues to challenge senior living and other long-term care providers on various levels. But the message from the legal field remains consistent: communicate and document.