Foundation for Senior Living joins self-driving car public education campaign … December Fed rate hike all but certain despite low inflation … Florida operators can seek generator-rule variance...
Colorado tightens oversight of senior living communities over COVID-19
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Apr 23, 2020
Colorado Gov. Jared Polis and the state health department have issued an updated executive order that will tighten oversight of senior living communities and nursing homes in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Record number of COVID-19 hospitalizations seen in Florida
Aug 05, 2021
The fact that less than 3% of current hospitalizations arrived from nursing homes and long-term care facilities shows the state’s focus on vaccinating and protecting Florida’s seniors and most...
Thousands may be headed back to work after ruling on COVID-19 staff vaccine mandate
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Oct 14, 2021
Thousands of healthcare workers suspended for not complying with New York’s COVID-19 vaccination mandate could be headed back to the front lines after a federal judge extended an order Tuesday requiring...
Task force calls for big changes in assisted living, dementia care by 2020
By
Lois A. Bowers
Jan 31, 2018
Minnesota will have a new assisted living license and new dementia care certification in less than two years if Gov. Mark Dayton and state lawmakers follow the recommendations contained in a new report...
New, tighter COVID-19 rules coming for Oregon
Aug 11, 2021
New rules in Oregon come as battles over masks rage in some other states.
Bill runs counter to ‘groundbreaking’ assisted living licensure laws, industry representatives say
By
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...
California brings back indoor mask mandate
Dec 14, 2021
The order was triggered by a 47% spike in the state’s per-capita rate of new COVID-19 cases during the past two weeks.
More news for Monday, Dec. 13
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Dec 13, 2021
Missouri latest state to introduce essential caregiver bill … Assisted living communities may offer promising future for older adults with serious mental illness: paper … LGBTQ advocates launch consumer...
Maryland becomes sixth state to require salary, wage disclosures in job listings
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
May 10, 2024
Effective Oct. 1, Maryland will join five other states and the District of Columbia in requiring employers to disclose salary or wage ranges upfront in job listings.