Alternative assisted living model adds handyman services to franchise toolbox
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
May 24, 2023
An Arizona-based assisted living home franchise company is teaming up with a handyman service to optimize living spaces and allow older adults to age in place safely.
Providers need funding to improve Medicaid HCBS access, quality, advocates say
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
May 01, 2023
Senior living advocates are applauding steps announced by the federal government to ensure equitable access to home- and community-based services provided via the Medicaid program, but they say that funding...
Testing protocols can ‘significantly’ reduce COVID transmission in senior living communities: report
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jan 27, 2021
A new report aims to help assisted living and senior housing communities reduce COVID-19 transmission and develop screening programs to regularly test residents and staff for the virus.
Resident satisfaction key to improving quality of life in long-term care facilities: researchers
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Dec 11, 2023
Elevating the role of resident satisfaction measures — and standardizing those models — leads to quality care improvement in senior living communities and other long-term care facilities, according...
Senior living should be excluded from proposed federal cybersecurity reporting requirements: AHCA/NCAL
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jul 11, 2024
The “social healthcare model” of senior living should preclude it from being included in proposed new cybersecurity incident reporting requirements designed for entities considered to be critical to...
Proposed initiative effectively would kill long-term care payroll tax program
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Feb 06, 2024
A new initiative “cleverly framed to sound like a reasonable change” to allow people to opt out of Washington state’s long-term care insurance program would effectively kill the program and take...
$290,000 grant supports emergency preparedness efforts in assisted living
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Feb 15, 2023
Boosting emergency preparedness plans for Virginia’s assisted living communities and nursing facilities is the goal of a pilot program.
Aegis Living, SLR recognized for achieving elevated memory care standards
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Feb 26, 2024
Two assisted living and memory care providers have earned certifications for meeting elevated standards of care for people living with dementia.
‘Natural immunity’ now satisfies employer vaccine mandates in Utah
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Mar 30, 2022
Natural immunity to COVID-19 infection could allow Utah senior living and other workers to sidestep workplace vaccine mandates.
2 worker retention programs making a big difference for innovative senior living operator
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Oct 14, 2021
Jayne Keller didn’t sugarcoat the difficulty Christian Living Communities is experiencing with employee retention. The chief operating officer of the Englewood, CO-based senior living provider said the...