Aloha State’s healthcare workforce need grows 76 percent since 2019: report
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Nov 21, 2022
What difference can three years and a once-in-a-century pandemic make to Hawaii’s healthcare workforce?
Senior living industry leaders want changes to Georgia regulatory bill in wake of COVID-19 pandemic
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
May 28, 2020
A bill focused on regulatory reforms for assisted living community and personal care home operators in Georgia is back on the agenda when the legislative session resumes in June.
Assisted living, memory care oversight among task force recommendations
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jun 02, 2023
Reviewing existing regulations for assisted living communities, expanding state oversight of memory care services and increasing oversight for temporary staff and temporary staffing agencies are among...
Temporary staffing agencies thrust more into crosshairs amid workforce crisis
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Feb 28, 2023
A bill recently introduced in Oregon would make temporary staffing agencies more transparent and affordable, senior living advocates say.
‘Beginning to crumble’: Providers face operational crisis in battling COVID-19
By
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...
Time’s up: Minnesota implements new assisted living licensure law this weekend
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jul 30, 2021
As Minnesota prepares to implement a new assisted living licensure law this weekend, the majority of providers have transitioned and are ready to go by Sunday’s deadline, according to one senior living...
Another state, another senior living provider, another vaccine mandate
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Aug 18, 2021
New York long-term care workers are the latest group to fall under a state COVID-19 vaccination mandate. Meanwhile, Arizona-based senior living provider Sun Health announced a COVID-19 vaccine mandate...
‘Trust is currently broken’ in Oregon’s long-term care system following resident’s death
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Apr 09, 2024
The Christmas Day death of an Oregon assisted living community resident led to an audit by the state’s ombudsman, whose scathing report called for an investigation into the state agency tasked with overseeing...
Inadequate reimbursement threatens older adult access to assisted living
By
Michael S. Pochowski
Apr 17, 2023
A recent Washington Post article gave an incomplete view of the reality facing assisted living providers related to Medicaid reimbursement.
Initiative aims to help providers be more proactive with regulators, policymakers
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jun 14, 2023
A state advocacy group is using its mission to change the way care is delivered to older adults via a new initiative aimed at changing the long-term care ecosystem.