Senior living leaders press Congress to pass bill expanding veterans’ access to assisted living
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Dec 01, 2022
The four main trade associations representing senior living providers held a grassroots “Day of Action” on Wednesday to urge lawmakers to support a bill expanding veterans’ access to assisted living.
Preparing for COVID, flu, monkeypox — moving from surviving to thriving
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Sep 28, 2022
COVID-19 permanently changed the work environment and how care is delivered inside long-term care facilities, said noted infectious disease expert Deborah Birx, MD, to a nationwide group of senior care...
New COVID-19 guidance gives assisted living providers much more flexibility
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Sep 27, 2022
Senior living experts have welcomed revised COVID-19 infection prevention and control guidance for healthcare settings, saying it provides more flexibility for providers to respond to current local conditions.
Clearing immigration’s ‘insurmountable roadblocks’ a chance to address worker shortages, industry...
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Sep 15, 2022
Clearing “insurmountable roadblocks” to immigration would help address critical workforce shortages in the senior living industry, an industry leader told the Senate Judiciary subcommittee in response...
Monitoring Provider Relief Fund will provide lessons, inform future policymaking: report
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Sep 02, 2022
Given the “controversy” surrounding the $178 billion distributed through the COVID-19 Provider Relief Fund, monitoring the impact of the fund will provide valuable lessons for pandemic recovery and...
Support grows for proposed pilot expanding assisted living access to veterans
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Aug 31, 2022
Legislation creating a pilot program allowing veterans access to assisted living care has been introduced in the House of Representatives.
OSHA can issue COVID-19 healthcare standard on its own timeline: courts
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Aug 30, 2022
The federal government can issue a permanent COVID-19 healthcare standard on its own timeline after an appellate court ruled against a group of unions hoping to expedite the process.
Why the RN visa delays? Group demands answers
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jun 30, 2022
A long-term care coalition is asking the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services to investigate Texas visa delays for registered nurses.
‘This is a first’ — ‘Vision’ group aims to create leadership pathways for senior living and...
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James M. Berklan
Jun 22, 2022
Senior living and other aging services leaders took another big step forward Tuesday with the announcement of the Vision Centre: Leadership Development for Aging Services initiative.
Expanding veterans’ access to assisted living is ‘common sense,’ associations say
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jun 16, 2022
“Commonsense” legislation expanding access to cost-effective assisted living has gained support from the major associations representing senior living and other long-term care providers.