Long-term care workers must be vaccinated by Jan. 4 under OSHA, CMS rules
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Nov 05, 2021
Jan. 4 is the COVID-19 vaccination deadline for employees in companies that have 100 or more workers, as well as for employees of long-term care facilities that participate in Medicare and Medicaid, according...
McKnight’s announces third class of Rising Stars in Women of Distinction awards
By
Lois A. Bowers
Feb 17, 2021
Seventeen women working in senior living or skilled nursing are being announced today as Rising Stars and will be feted May 18 as part of the third annual McKnight’s Women of Distinction awards.
Labor expert: Creativity, more than money, could attract workers to home care
By
Diane Eastabrook
Jun 22, 2021
Home care agencies need to get creative and stand out from the crowd if they want to attract workers, according to Mark McInerney, director of Maine’s Center for Workforce Research and Information.
Regulatory environment a top threat to senior living: survey
By
Lois A. Bowers
May 15, 2016
The biggest threats to nonprofit senior living providers, by far, are the regulatory environment and reimbursement changes, according to senior living leaders who completed the annual ZGES Survey of Industry...
Keeping senior living residents safe with video and audio analytics
By
Paul Baratta
Sep 15, 2022
Typically thought of as strictly security technology, today’s surveillance devices are proving that they go far beyond traditional “security” applications, contributing to overall resident safety...
Study raises ‘huge red flag’ about assisted living residents’ activeness
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jun 16, 2022
Some of the benefits of assisted living actually may lead some older adults to be more sedentary, increasing the probability of physical, cognitive and emotional decline, according to the results of new...
For senior living, is it too early to pick up the pieces?
By
John O'Connor
Dec 03, 2020
So the good news is that we’re inching a bit closer to harnessing the Great Pandemic of 2020. Yet overall, 2020 is sort of shaping up as the year our world stood still.
People in the news, Oct. 24
Oct 24, 2017
Appointments at CareServ, Dominion Senior Living, Erickson Living, Hebrew SeniorLife, Reemo Health and Watercrest Senior Living Group.
Biden outlines measures to fight omicron, pleads with Americans to get vaccinated
Dec 21, 2021
Included in the battle plan announced Tuesday are measures to distribute 500 million free rapid COVID-19 tests to the public.
BNT162b2 protects against COVID-19 hospitalization for up to six months
Oct 06, 2021
The effectiveness of full vaccination against SARS-CoV-2 infections caused by the delta variant or other variants wanes more quickly. The BNT162b2 vaccine also is known as the Pfizer-BioNTech or Comirnaty...