LeadingAge Georgia urges statewide mask mandate to reduce spread of COVID-19, enable family visits
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Aug 25, 2020
LeadingAge Georgia is urging Gov. Brian Kemp to mandate masks to more quickly reduce the spread of COVID-19 so family visits can resume.
Task force trying to avoid ‘recipe for disaster’ in reopening senior living communities
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Aug 21, 2020
Recommendations from a state task force on reopening Florida’s long-term care facilities, including assisted living communities, to visitation could be on Gov. Ron DeSantis’ desk by next week.
Aging services providers call out Congress for ‘walking out on older Americans’ during pandemic
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Aug 17, 2020
Nonprofit aging services leaders from some states hit hardest by COVID-19 shared their challenges amidst the pandemic on Friday and called out Congress for taking a summer recess.
COVID-19 introduces uncertainties, lessons for senior living industry: LTC Properties
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Aug 03, 2020
In its second-quarter earnings call, real estate investment trust LTC Properties executives relayed the uncertainties the COVID-19 pandemic has introduced into the senior living industry, as well as color...
Voters disapprove of lack of COVID-19 federal relief for senior living: survey
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jul 24, 2020
Voters are unhappy that senior living communities have not received adequate federal relief funding for their COVID-19-related expenses, according to the findings of a new Argentum national survey. Results...
Bill runs counter to ‘groundbreaking’ assisted living licensure laws, industry representatives say
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jul 16, 2020
Elder care advocates and some lawmakers are supporting a “far-reaching” bill introduced in the Minnesota legislature that would increase state oversight of assisted living communities. But industry...
GAO report highlights challenges, opportunities in federal COVID-19 response, recovery efforts
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jun 25, 2020
Federal agencies have made “limited progress” in achieving transparency and accountability goals related to government spending related to COVID-19 the U.S. Government Accountability Office said in...
Life plan community model remains stable, viable: report
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jun 16, 2020
Life plan communities were the type of senior living community least affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, reaffirming their stable future, according to a report from specialty investment bank Ziegler.
Report puts senior living on hot seat for requesting immunity from COVID-19 lawsuits
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jun 12, 2020
Senior living and care providers found themselves on the hot seat with the release of a new report from a national consumer advocacy organization that has the support of a U.S. senator and takes several...
LeadingAge urges Congress to adopt comprehensive COVID-19 relief package for older adults, care workers
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jun 11, 2020
As Congress considers a new COVID-19 relief package, LeadingAge President and CEO Katie Smith Sloan urged House and Senate leaders to follow through on the federal government’s initial down payment to...