DOL revises who qualifies for leave under Families First Coronavirus Response Act
By
Lois A. Bowers
Sep 14, 2020
Senior living and other long-term care employers will need to re-examine whether they must provide paid sick leave and expanded family and medical leave to certain employees under the Families First Coronavirus...
‘We’re entering a very difficult period,’ former FDA commissioner says of pandemic
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Lois A. Bowers
Nov 18, 2020
Former Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Scott Gottlieb, M.D., had some sobering words Tuesday for a senior living industry that has been battling the coronavirus pandemic for more than eight months...
COVID impact on senior living on track to reach $17 billion, ASHA says, requesting relief
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Lois A. Bowers
Nov 12, 2020
As the financial impact of the coronavirus pandemic on senior living is on track to reach $17 billion annually, providers need more funds to cover additional expenses and lost revenue, and they need new...
Is long-term care on the Build Back Better chopping block?
By
Lois A. Bowers
Oct 25, 2021
If you’ve ever felt that older adults and programs that serve them have been missing from conversations in Congress and the media about Build Back Better plan negotiations, LeadingAge has the depressing...
$70 million in aid in Michigan ‘encouraging’ for assisted living providers nationwide, CEO says
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Lois A. Bowers
Feb 18, 2022
Senior living providers across the country need pandemic relief like the $70 million in direct aid in which assisted living operators will share in Michigan after bipartisan support in the state Legislature,...
Operators using telehealth, live-streaming, video-chatting in this time of COVID-19
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Lois A. Bowers
Mar 16, 2020
Senior living operators today have much more sophisticated technology at their disposal than did their predecessors, and they’re putting that technology to good use to help ensure the health and safety...
MACPAC: ‘Disturbing’ that most of $15 billion in coronavirus relief for Medicaid providers not released...
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Lois A. Bowers
Sep 28, 2020
Only $2.2 billion of the $15 billion in coronavirus relief funding announced in June for eligible Medicaid providers, including assisted living operators, had been paid to eligible providers as of Sept....
Poll: Half of approved senior living providers still waiting for Provider Relief Fund aid
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Lois A. Bowers
Nov 03, 2020
Almost half of the Argentum members who have applied and been approved for federal Provider Relief Fund monies to help with their coronavirus pandemic-related expenses have not received the aid yet, according...
COVID-19 requires ‘significant adjustments’ to operating model, Capital Senior Living says
By
Lois A. Bowers
Apr 01, 2020
Capital Senior Living has made “significant adjustments” to its operating model in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, Chief Operating Officer Brandon Ribar said Tuesday on the company’s fourth-quarter...
Fund all costs for COVID-19 testing of senior living staff, LeadingAge CEO asks leaders in Congress
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Lois A. Bowers
Jun 01, 2020
Congress should fund the cost of COVID-19 testing for all staff members, including repeat testing, in assisted living communities, life plan communities and affordable seniors housing communities and other...