COVID-19 is the biggest crisis to hit the long-term care industry in its history, but the question now is how to ensure that providers are prepared should something like it happen again, Mark Parkinson,...
AHCA/NCAL gives first Not for Profit Trustee of the Year award
Oct 06, 2015
Neil Gulsvig, immediate past chairman of the Evangelical Lutheran Good Samaritan Society Board of Directors, has received the inaugural Not for Profit Trustee of the Year award from the Not for Profit...
Government PPE plans could have ‘grave consequences’ for senior living residents, staff, groups say
By
Lois A. Bowers
Apr 27, 2020
Federal and state advocates for senior living and home- and community-based services providers say it is a mistake for governments not to prioritize these providers’ needs for personal protective...
AHCA/NCAL, 15 other groups pressure HHS to extend public health emergency
By
Lois A. Bowers
May 12, 2022
The official start of summer is more than a month away, but 16 national organizations, including the American Health Care Association / National Center for Assisted Living, were thinking of fall and the...
National bill would require senior living operators to implement workplace violence prevention plans
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
May 13, 2022
Senior living and other long-term care and healthcare providers would be required to create workplace violence prevention plans to protect employees under proposed bipartisan legislation.
Ashley Blankenship named NCAL Board of Directors chair
By
Lois A. Bowers
Oct 19, 2017
Ashley Blankenship of Arkansas was elected chair of the National Center for Assisted Living Board of Directors for 2017-2018 Wednesday at the American Health Care Association/NCAL 68th Annual Convention....
Vaccine authorization is ‘ray of hope’ but only first step in beating COVID-19, long-term care provider...
By
Lois A. Bowers
Dec 14, 2020
The first vaccinations against COVID-19 in the United States could begin today, but it might be a week or more until many assisted living community and nursing home residents and staff members have the...
AHCA/NCAL Silver Quality Award assisted living recipients triple from last year
By
Lois A. Bowers
Jul 10, 2017
Twenty-seven assisted living communities have earned the 2017 Silver – Achievement in Quality Award this year from the American Health Care Association/National Center for Assisted Living. That’s...
A collective effort from long-term care providers, public health officials and lawmakers is the way to improve the quality of care in the wake of COVID-19, not legal and financial penalties, according...
Assisted living communities should be integrated into greater community, report recommends
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Sep 08, 2022
Assisted living communities and other congregate care settings are “vital” and should be more fully integrated into surrounding communities through short-term respite care, adult day services, and...