No sign Supreme Court will block COVID-19 vaccination mandates, legal expert say
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Dec 15, 2021
The U.S. Supreme Court declined Monday in a 6-3 ruling to hear a challenge to New York’s vaccine mandate for healthcare workers on religious grounds, and a legal expert says evidence is mounting that...
California brings back indoor mask mandate
Dec 14, 2021
The order was triggered by a 47% spike in the state’s per-capita rate of new COVID-19 cases during the past two weeks.
States, courts take actions that complicate vaccine mandate effects
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Nov 01, 2021
So far, courts across the country—all the way up to the U.S. Supreme Court—have sided with state governments on imposed vaccine requirements. The justices declined Friday to even hear a case challenging...
Census limited as more than 12,000 assisted living positions go unfilled in Minnesota
By
Lois A. Bowers
Oct 11, 2021
More than 12,000 positions in Minnesota assisted living communities are unfilled, with almost a third of assisted living providers reporting that they are limiting census due to staffing levels, according...
New, tighter COVID-19 rules coming for Oregon
Aug 11, 2021
New rules in Oregon come as battles over masks rage in some other states.
‘Much more than pay’: Assisted living employees, providers differ on workforce shortage solutions,...
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jun 29, 2021
Although senior living workers and providers in Texas agree that pay is a top workforce issue, the two sides are far apart on what tradeoffs, collaborations and compromises can be made to solve turnover...
Assisted living to get $30 million as Pennsylvania makes ‘historic investment’ in long-term care
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jun 29, 2021
Pennsylvania lawmakers agreed to provide critical funding support to the state’s long-term care industry in reaching a budget agreement on Friday — a move one senior living and care association called...
Operators without backup generators are feeling the heat
By
John O'Connor
Apr 08, 2021
Some Texas lawmakers are pretty ticked off at senior living communities these days. Or at least the settings without backup power generators.
155 assisted living communities get bad rap after being put on governor’s ‘not vaccinating’ list
By
Amy Novotney
Mar 30, 2021
More than 150 assisted living communities are being called out — unfairly, they say — by Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine and the state’s Department of Aging, according to local media reports.
Assisted living operators warily eye new licensure proposals in Minnesota
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jan 05, 2021
Minnesota is one step closer to establishing new rules that will establish a new licensing system for assisted living communities.