Atria credits 98 percent employee COVID vaccination rate in part to mandate as operators take various...
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Lois A. Bowers
May 07, 2021
Atria Senior Living announced a 98% COVID-19 vaccination rate among its almost 10,000 staff members on Thursday, crediting an employee mandate, on-site clinics and its Sleeve-Up initiative. The announcement...
5 items for senior living’s 2022 to-do list
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Lois A. Bowers
Jan 10, 2022
The leaders of five organizations active in the senior living space recently shared with me their insights on the biggest challenges facing the industry. Culled from their comments is a list of action...
Few long-term care operators report being fully staffed
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Sep 23, 2021
Just 1% of nursing homes and 4% of assisted living communities participating in a recent survey by the American Health Care Association / National Center for Assisted Living reported being fully staffed....
State lawmakers take action on COVID-19-related liability, vaccination legislation
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Dec 02, 2021
More COVID-19-related legislation is working its way through state legislat
Pittsburgh-based IntegraCare has reached a 100% vaccination rate among staff members at its 13 senior living communities in three states.
COVID cases rise among nursing home staff, NIC says; AMDA releases new guidance
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jan 19, 2022
Weekly COVID-19 cases among skilled nursing home staff members and residents set new records earlier this month, according to the National Investment Center for Seniors Housing & Care.
Senior living in vulnerable position given attacks on COVID lawsuit immunity, experts say
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Sep 17, 2021
In the past year, the number of states with COVID-19 liability protections for senior living operators grew from 12 to 41. But attorneys are slowly chipping away at those protections through a series of...
Survey highlights ‘urgent need’ for staffing in assisted living, skilled nursing
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Sep 30, 2021
A workforce-focused survey of Texas assisted living community and nursing home providers highlights the “urgent need” for state lawmakers to address severe workforce shortages in long-term care.
COVID-19 pandemic has created a ‘civil rights crisis’ for many workers: EEOC
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Amy Novotney
Apr 29, 2021
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission Wednesday explored the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on civil rights in the workplace at its first all-virtual Commission hearing.
Pandemic effects linger, requiring adjustments on visitation, staffing: CEO
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Nov 23, 2021
With its first COVID-19 vaccination booster clinic on the calendar for next week, one Washington, D.C.-based long-term care provider said its staff and residents are lining up after seeing the results...