AHCA/NCAL backs mandatory COVID-19 vaccination for long-term care workers … Bipartisan bill would extend Provider Relief Fund spending deadline … Mississippi State Medical Association calls for vaccine...
AHCA/NCAL announces support of mandatory COVID-19 vaccination for long-term care workers
By
Lois A. Bowers
Jul 29, 2021
The American Health Care Association / National Center for Assisted Living “strongly urges” vaccination against COVID-19 for all healthcare personnel and supports all providers that adopt mandatory...
Senior living advocates ‘stopped freight train’ coming for Provider Relief Fund: Argentum
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jul 29, 2021
A concerted effort by the senior living and care industry may have “stopped the freight train” from running off with Provider Relief Fund dollars intended to help providers cover COVID-related expenses...
Nurse found guilty of abuse that led to resident’s death, loses license
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jul 28, 2021
A nurse at a California assisted living community whose alleged improper care of a resident contributed to the woman’s death has been convicted on a felony elder abuse charge.
Educating or ‘taking a stand’? Associations differ on approach to long-term care worker COVID vaccination
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jul 27, 2021
A growing number of professional associations are calling for COVID-19 vaccination requirements for healthcare workers, but at least one major organization is pumping the brakes on calling for an industry-wide...
Hands off $20 billion in Provider Relief Fund, senior living industry tells policymakers
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jul 23, 2021
As a group of bipartisan negotiators in Congress moves closer to finalizing a deal over the $1.2 trillion infrastructure package, senior living groups are sounding the alarm that the agreement might come...
Long-term care leaders call for investments in ‘infrastructure for aging’
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jul 22, 2021
As Congress and the administration negotiate the details of an infrastructure agreement that could top $1.2 trillion, organizations representing senior living and other long-term care providers are calling...
Legislation would create new visa classification to address senior living workforce shortages
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jul 22, 2021
Proposed legislation creating a new visa classification is being eyed as one option to address the workforce shortages continuing to plague the senior living industry.
Meet Gail Sheridan, Hall of Honor inductee
By
Chloe Konrad
Jul 22, 2021
Gail Sheridan, chief clinical operations officer, Tealwood Senior Living, Bloomington, MN, is in the 2021 class of the McKnight’s Women of Distinction as a Hall of Honor inductee.
HHS offers providers access to $103 million for employee mental health programming
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jul 20, 2021
The federal government is making about $103 million in relief funding available to reduce burnout and promote mental health among senior living workers and others in healthcare.