States impose coronavirus rules for long-term care; AMDA, ACHCA conferences affected by COVID-19
By
Lois A. Bowers
Mar 12, 2020
As the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a pandemic on Wednesday, citing 118,000 cases and 4,291 deaths in 114 countries, several states have imposed new rules on assisted living communities...
Barking up the wrong tree
By
Lois A. Bowers
Apr 05, 2021
It appears that the senior living industry remains misunderstood, if reports of a famous rock musician and his wife are accurate.
Assisted living communities tapped for potential COVID-19 hospital transfers in Arizona
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jul 16, 2020
Calling Arizona’s June 50% increase in COVID-19 cases “brutal,” Gov. Doug Ducey for the first time has pulled assisted living communities into the mix of potentially accepting transfers from hospitals...
Senior living healthcare workers: Not gone, but definitely forgotten
By
Gail Matillo, MPA
Jan 04, 2022
Some healthcare workers have been celebrated over the course of the COVID-19 pandemic. But others, such as those working in senior living, have been overlooked or blamed for not doing enough.
Report offers recommendations to help assisted living prepare for COVID-19’s second wave
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Aug 20, 2020
A third-party research team has released an interim report on its preliminary assessment of the coronavirus outbreak in Connecticut’s assisted living communities and nursing homes, along with short-term...
Governors home in on SNF resident care, performance
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Dec 20, 2021
Skilled nursing facilities’ care of residents and performance are the focus of actions by governors on both coasts as the coronavirus pandemic continues.
California on verge of mandating women on company boards
By
James M. Berklan
Sep 04, 2018
California is poised to become the first state to mandate that public companies have at least one woman on their boards of directors.
Colorado poised to resume indoor visits at assisted living communities, nursing homes
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Aug 31, 2020
Colorado assisted living and other long-term care facilities will resume indoor visitation this week for the first time in more than five months if the state’s COVID-19 cases stay low and family members...
Senior living industry bracing for effects state reopening will have on residents, staff
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
May 04, 2020
As states begin to reopen in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, the long-term care industry is taking a more cautious approach to relaxing the protocols put in place over the past two months.
Administrator’s license suspended after Social Security spending spree
By
Lois A. Bowers
May 01, 2018
The Virginia Board of Long-Term Care Administrators has suspended the license of a woman to practice as an assisted living facility administrator, alleging that she used residents’ Social Security...