Assisted living needs $5 billion for COVID-19 response, AHCA / NCAL tells HHS, FEMA
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Lois A. Bowers
Jun 09, 2020
Assisted living communities need $5 billion in emergency relief funding to pay for staffing, testing and personal protective equipment to fight COVID-19, the leaders of the American Health Care Association...
HHS, states should support senior living through $955 million in CARES Act grants announced Tuesday,...
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Lois A. Bowers
Apr 22, 2020
Senior living deserves part of the $955 million in Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security Act grants announced Tuesday by the Department of Health and Human Services, National Center for Assisted...
Prioritize senior living resident needs in COVID-19-related funding plans, ASHA tells Congress
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Lois A. Bowers
Mar 06, 2020
Congress should prioritize the needs of senior living and nursing home residents in any funding efforts related to the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), American Seniors Housing Association President...
Bill aims to protect assisted living operators from COVID-related civil lawsuits
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Lois A. Bowers
Feb 05, 2021
Assisted living and other long-term care providers in Florida would be protected from civil liability lawsuits related to COVID-19 under legislation introduced Wednesday by state Sen. Jeff Brandes (R–St....
Broad-based testing could prevent ‘heartbreaking’ spread of COVID-19, operator says, based on experience
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Lois A. Bowers
Apr 07, 2020
Broad-based COVID-19 testing should be made available immediately for residents and workers in senior living communities and nursing homes to address the current “heartbreaking” spread of disease in...
Phoenix Senior Living to house discharged hospital patients with COVID-19 as list of industry groups...
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Lois A. Bowers
Apr 03, 2020
The Georgia-based senior living operator is choosing to house discharged older hospital patients with COVID-19 as some industry groups are opposing orders from state governments that would restrict providers...
Operators, workers should be protected from COVID-19 lawsuits, association says
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Lois A. Bowers
Apr 13, 2020
Assisted living communities and skilled nursing facilities, and the people who work for them, should be “protected from liability” for treating anyone with COVID-19 during the current pandemic, the...
Balancing safety, quality of life in the COVID-19 era
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Lois A. Bowers
Jun 01, 2020
Pavlo Kononenko doesn’t think his company’s approach to battling the effects of COVID-19 is unique, but what he described in a recent blog certainly is different from media reports that portray senior...
McKnight’s Senior Living COVID-19 survey: Most communities ‘coping’ or ‘shaky but confident’
By
Lois A. Bowers
Apr 09, 2020
Senior living communities have much to manage when trying to prevent or contain COVID-19, but 56% of respondents to a new McKnight’s Senior Living survey said the overall mood in their building is “coping...
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...