Rule on $350 billion in COVID funding provides opportunities for senior living
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jan 11, 2022
A final rule on how states and local governments can spend $350 billion in COVID-19 prevention and mitigation funds provides a new opportunity for senior living providers to secure funding for pandemic-related...
Provider Relief Fund replenishment is new rallying cry for long-term care advocates
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Feb 24, 2022
The Provider Relief Fund is front and center among senior living and care organizations rallying for additional financial support and resources for the long-term care sector, which they say is in a “critical...
New federal vaccination reporting rule may have implications for assisted living
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
May 12, 2021
A new federal requirement for skilled nursing facilities to report weekly COVID-19 vaccination data may have implications for assisted living providers as efforts to increase vaccination uptake ramp up.
Aging services leaders call for ‘all hands on deck’ approach toward national COVID-19 vaccination...
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Nov 23, 2022
Senior living and care organizations have done a “remarkable” job vaccinating residents against COVID-19, but they agree they have “work to do” with the most recent booster.
Fully vaccinated assisted living residents, workers can resume group activities, communal dining: CDC
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Apr 28, 2021
Fully vaccinated assisted living residents can resume group activities and communal dining without masking or observing social distancing restrictions, according to new guidance released Tuesday by the...
US Senate launches investigation of assisted living after lay media reports about safety, staffing, pricing
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jan 17, 2024
The US Senate Special Committee on Aging is launching a review of the assisted living industry following recent articles in the Washington Post, which reported on the deaths of residents who wandered from...
Solving ‘unprecedented workforce crisis’ is focus of new AHCA/NCAL campaign
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jan 12, 2023
An “unprecedented workforce crisis” is the backdrop for a national campaign launched by the American Health Care Association / National Center for Assisted Living on Wednesday to educate job-seekers...
Studies of COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy among long-term care workers receive $11 million
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jul 19, 2021
Two studies have received an $11 million funding bump to find ways to reduce COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy among long-term care workers.
$672 million would be cost of one-time COVID-19 testing for all assisted living and nursing home residents,...
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
May 28, 2020
Testing every U.S. assisted living community and nursing home resident and staff member for COVID-19 one time would cost $672 million, according to data released Wednesday by the American Health Care Association...
As HHS commits $255 million more for COVID testing in long-term care, vaccines and funding are more urgent...
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Mar 18, 2021
The federal government will invest $255 million to produce and deliver rapid point-of-care COVID-19 antigen tests to support continued screening in long-term care facilities as part of President Biden’s...