Improving indoor air quality is new focus of national COVID-19 mitigation strategy
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Dec 07, 2022
Improving indoor air quality is one of the best ways to reduce the large toll that respiratory viruses are taking on older adults and other vulnerable populations. But current regulations are “simply...
Florida assisted living and nursing home operators say they will avoid potential $1,000-per-day fines and loss of licensure after an appeals court Tuesday handed down a decision that emergency rules requiring...
GOP lawmakers say they will seek Medicare, Medicaid changes next year
By
Lois A. Bowers
Dec 08, 2017
While Republicans in the Senate and House of Representatives work to reconcile their two versions of a tax reform bill that analysts say could add more than $1 trillion to the federal deficit over 10 years,...
ASHA urges governors to advocate for independent living residents in vaccine plans
By
Lois A. Bowers
Jan 08, 2021
Governors should urge the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to include independent living residents in the top priority group for COVID-19 vaccinations and should adjust their state COVID-19 vaccine...
New center, council support innovation and healthful aging
By
Lois A. Bowers
Oct 25, 2017
A new center in Louisville, KY, aims to foster innovation and healthful aging, and a new council there has the goal of promoting the city as a hub of activity related to optimal aging.
Court tells EEOC to reconsider workplace wellness plan incentives
By
Lois A. Bowers
Aug 24, 2017
The AARP is calling a federal court’s decision Tuesday to have the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission reconsider workplace wellness plan incentives “a tremendous victory for workers,”...
3 ways to improve employee engagement
By
Lois A. Bowers
Jun 27, 2017
Supervisors in senior living are more engaged at work than are their peers in corporate America, but the industry will need to do better if it wants to reduce turnover in the field, according to one expert.
Aging services organizations support campaign to enable more care by advanced nurses
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jun 08, 2023
Two national aging services organizations have co-signed a letter supporting a bill that aims to “eliminate outdated barriers” that currently restrict care by advanced practice registered nurses.
ASHA executives press HRSA on additional Provider Relief Fund payments, appeals process
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Apr 28, 2021
American Seniors Housing Association executives took their case for additional pandemic relief funding for senior living providers directly to the source on Monday.
2 billion 50+ adults will generate $43 billion in economic activity by 2050, providing opportunities...
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jan 10, 2023
Aging is a growth market. With the planet inching toward a population of older adults at 2 billion, $43 trillion in economic activity is going to be generated by people aged more than 50 years old around...