Assisted living to receive 15 million more COVID tests, but more support needed, provider groups say
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Sep 30, 2020
Assisted living communities will receive 15 million additional COVID-19 rapid, point-of-care antigen tests in the coming weeks, President Donald Trump announced Monday in providing an update on the nation’s...
$100 billion should be added to Provider Relief Fund for coronavirus-related needs, industry groups say
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Lois A. Bowers
Sep 29, 2020
Congress should pass another COVID-19 funding package, adding $100 billion to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Provider Relief Fund, maintain the American Health Care Association / National...
People in the news, Sept. 29
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Sep 29, 2020
Appointments, promotions, departures and awards at Arbors of Hop Brook, Bishop Gadsden Episocpal Retirement Communities, Blake Management Group, Caledonia Senior Living & Memory Care, Carely, Christian...
‘Out of control’: Panelists share frustrations, solutions to managing cash flow during pandemic
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Sep 24, 2020
The global coronavirus pandemic has created a “tsunami” of decreasing occupancy, coupled with increasing costs related to personal protective equipment and labor, to create an operating environment...
‘Beginning to crumble’: Providers face operational crisis in battling COVID-19
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Sep 17, 2020
A survey of long-term care providers in Pennsylvania provides a “sobering” look at how the pandemic is affecting operations and should be cause for “immediate alarm,” according to an association...
ASHA 50: Brookdale remains largest senior living operator, but downsizing efforts apparent
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Lois A. Bowers
Sep 17, 2020
Brookdale Senior Living remains the largest operator of senior living communities on an American Seniors Housing Association’s ASHA 50 list for 2020 compared with 2019, and Welltower remains the largest...
Almost 40% of residential care aides live in low-income households: report
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Sep 09, 2020
Direct care workers, including residential care aides who work in assisted living communities, have been elevated to “hero” status during the COVID-19 public health crisis. New research, however, indicates...
People in the news, Sept. 8
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Sep 08, 2020
Appointments and promotions at Integral Senior Living, Kong Capital, Life Enriching Communities, Solvere Living and The Springs Living.
Life services focus needed as senior living customer base changes: speakers
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Sep 03, 2020
The demands of the senior living customer base are changing, and providers need to support a holistic approach to services — including emotional, social and experiential life services — to help future...
Association advocates for CMS visitation guideline use in assisted living
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Sep 01, 2020
An association representing more than 425 assisted living communities and nursing homes throughout New York is calling on the state to revise its “one-size-fits-all” pandemic policies on testing and...