Pay workers who are required to undergo COVID-19 screenings: lawsuit
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Mar 26, 2021
A Wisconsin proposed collective and class action complaint alleging healthcare workers should be paid for undergoing mandatory COVID-19 screenings is “one to watch,” especially for healthcare employers...
Alzheimer’s research, treatments prioritized in 2 bills taken up by Congress
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Feb 06, 2023
Two bipartisan bills prioritizing Alzheimer’s research and supporting scientists in the development of treatments for the disease were reintroduced in Congress last week.
Federal toolkit offers guidance on long-term care transitions to HCBS, including assisted living
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jul 12, 2022
New resources released last week by the federal government are geared toward helping states understand and implement existing policies affecting home- and community-based services, including those offered...
Listening can help reduce compassion fatigue in service industry: speaker
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jun 02, 2022
During a Wednesday LeadingAge membership call, Gregg Levoy, an author and speaker about mental health, acknowledged that long-term care providers are facing a workforce crisis of epic proportions, with...
Improving senior living staff experience key to retention efforts
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
May 17, 2024
An employer focus on staffing over the past few years, along with a slowly changing job market, appears to be easing workforce headwinds in the senior living and care industry, according to an analysis...
Ensign, Omega optimistic about paths to sustained long-term growth
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Aug 03, 2022
Although workforce challenges and the lingering effects of the COVID-19 pandemic continue to disrupt the long-term care industry, Ensign Group and Omega Healthcare Investors executives said that the companies...
Bill requiring visitation during public health emergencies closer to becoming law
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Apr 26, 2021
The Oklahoma Senate last week passed what one senior living association is calling a “compromise bill” requiring long-term care facilities to have a visitation plan in place for future public health...
Opportunities abound for women willing to make a difference, speakers say
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jul 30, 2020
Make good change. Take the opportunity in front of you. Run with it. That’s some of the sage advice that emerged from the McKnight’s Women of Distinction Forum session Wednesday “Lessons learned...
Today’s independent living residents are older, wealthier: ASHA
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Feb 03, 2023
Independent living residents not only have grown older over the past seven years, but they also have improved their financial status, according to a new report from the American Seniors Housing Association.
Florida bill criminalizing financial exploitation, abuse of older adults is on governor’s desk
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Apr 30, 2021
Legislation criminalizing the financial exploitation and abuse of Florida’s older or disabled adults is awaiting Gov. Ron DeSantis’ signature.