Welltower CEO defends decision to keep HCR ManorCare leaders
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Lois A. Bowers
Jun 07, 2018
Welltower CEO Tom DeRosa on Wednesday defended the decision to keep HCR ManorCare’s leadership team in place as the real estate investment trust gains a stake in the operator through a deal with...
How to build a compliance program in senior living
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Lois A. Bowers
Dec 07, 2016
Rob Westervelt of Acts Retirement-Life Communities shares what senior living organizations can do to build their compliance programs.
What the CDC’s new masking guidance means for long-term care
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Lois A. Bowers
Feb 28, 2022
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced Friday that it is “updating its framework to monitor the level of COVID-19 in communities,” which it uses to make recommendations on masking...
NJ law increases requirements, decreases some fines in reporting of suspected abuse cases
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Lois A. Bowers
Aug 08, 2017
A new law in New Jersey increases reporting requirements for long-term care workers who suspect abuse or exploitation in their facilities but “inexplicably” reduces the maximum fine by 90%...
PPE, COVID-19 testing could depend on provider reporting, associations say
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Lois A. Bowers
Apr 13, 2020
Communicating COVID-19 information to authorities, residents and staff could help ensure that operators get the personal protective equipment and testing they need, two national associations said Saturday....
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...
New national caregiver strategy calls for changes for senior living families, workers, financing
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Lois A. Bowers
Sep 26, 2022
Relatives of senior living residents are among those who are a focus of what the federal government is calling its first national strategy to support family caregivers.
3 tools to reduce hospitalizations, ED visits among assisted living residents
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Lois A. Bowers
Dec 01, 2015
Three tools that have shown success in improving the quality of care provided to skilled nursing residents also work well for residents of assisted living communities, according to new research.
Proposed $35,000 threshold for overtime pay ‘reasonable,’ provider groups say, but concerns remain
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Lois A. Bowers
Jun 03, 2019
Industry groups representing senior living organizations say they generally support the federal government’s proposed salary threshold of $35,308 under which executive, administrative, professional and...
President signs CARES Act with $2.2 trillion in COVID-19 relief, extends national shutdown to April 30
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Lois A. Bowers
Mar 30, 2020
President Trump on Sunday extended the voluntary national shutdown related to coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) until April 30. The move followed his signing of the the $2.2 trillion “Coronavirus Aid,...