Long-term care leaders urge White House to intervene in anticompetitive staffing agency practices
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jan 27, 2022
Leaders from the country’s largest long-term care associations on Tuesday asked White House COVID-19 Response Team Coordinator Jeffrey Zients for “assistance with an anticompetitive practice with certain...
Touting the industry’s success in COVID-19 vaccination of staff members, senior living leaders expressed relief Tuesday after the federal government announced its withdrawal of the COVID-19 vaccination-and-testing...
Sign-on bonuses popular for recruitment. Benefits changes, merit pay? Not so much
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jan 24, 2022
Sign-on bonuses have proved popular among assisted living operators in attracting new employees during the pandemic, but changes to benefits eligibility and merit increases have not been, according to...
COVID-19 public health emergency renewed by HHS
By
Lois A. Bowers
Jan 14, 2022
Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra announced Friday that he is renewing the federal public health emergency related to COVID-19.
After Supreme Court stay on COVID vaccination mandate, senior living industry touts own inoculation efforts
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jan 14, 2022
In the wake of Thursday’s U.S. Supreme Court ruling that reinstated a stay against the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s COVID-19 vaccination-and-testing mandate for employers with 100...
Rule on $350 billion in COVID funding provides opportunities for senior living
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jan 11, 2022
A final rule on how states and local governments can spend $350 billion in COVID-19 prevention and mitigation funds provides a new opportunity for senior living providers to secure funding for pandemic-related...
More news for Tuesday, Jan. 11
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jan 11, 2022
As SCOTUS weighs COVID-19 vaccination mandates for workers, providers should work toward compliance: AHCA / NCAL … $40M available for artificial intelligence, technology projects to improve older adult...
In absence of Supreme Court ruling, work toward compliance with OSHA rule, experts advise
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jan 11, 2022
With the Occupational Safety and Health Administration withdrawing part of its COVID-19 healthcare emergency temporary standard, the agency’s vaccination-and-testing mandate for employers with 100 or...
5 items for senior living’s 2022 to-do list
By
Lois A. Bowers
Jan 10, 2022
The leaders of five organizations active in the senior living space recently shared with me their insights on the biggest challenges facing the industry. Culled from their comments is a list of action...
More news for Monday, Jan. 10
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jan 10, 2022
AHCA / NCAL calls on feds to extend public health emergency … Legislation includes expanding access to assisted living as residential alternative to nursing homes … Maine offers funding to help assisted...