2021 began with the hope that the new COVID-19 vaccine being rolled out to assisted living communities and nursing homes would help control a pandemic that had caused so much illness, death, loneliness,...
Your favorite columns of 2021
Dec 22, 2021
Just like last year, 2021 was dominated by the coronavirus. So also like 2020, it’s not surprising that COVID-19 popped up more than once as a topic of our most-read columns this year when we examined...
Resolve to submit your McKnight’s Women of Distinction award nominations by Jan. 5
By
Lois A. Bowers
Dec 22, 2021
Entries submitted by the regular deadline of Jan. 5 will have a $99 entry fee. Nominations still may be submitted Jan. 6 to Jan. 12, but they will incur a late entry fee of $129.
Court says OSHA can enforce vaccinate-or-test mandate for large companies; opponents appeal to Supreme...
By
Lois A. Bowers
Dec 20, 2021
The Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration can enforce its COVID-19 vaccinate-or-test mandate for employers with 100 or more workers, at least for now, after a three-judge...
Relief payment formula ‘a slap in the face’ to assisted living, industry leaders say
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Dec 16, 2021
Calling the federal government’s methodology for determining COVID-19 relief payments “unconscionable,” one senior living association said it amounts to “a slap in the face” to caregivers.
People in the news, Dec. 14
By
Caroline Szachnowski
Dec 14, 2021
Appointments, promotions and other news at Anthem Memory Care, Foundation for PALTC Medicine, Friendship, HMP Senior Solutions, Juniper Communities, Mission Senior Living, NexCore Group, Nixon Peabody,...
Today! First deadline for McKnight’s Women of Distinction award entries
By
Lois A. Bowers
Dec 08, 2021
Today — Wednesday, Dec. 8 — is the first deadline for entries into the 4th annual McKnight’s Women of Distinction awards program. Starting tomorrow, the entry fee will increase.
A different way to support the senior living industry
By
Lois A. Bowers
Dec 06, 2021
Scott Tittle joined VIUM Capital as a managing director and the national lender’s first head of government relations and external affairs in September after serving as executive director of the National...
Flu season ramping up with variant identified as dangerous to older adults: CDC
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Dec 03, 2021
This year’s flu season is gaining traction with a strain that is especially dangerous for older adults, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
First deadline Wednesday for McKnight’s Women of Distinction award nominations
By
Lois A. Bowers
Dec 03, 2021
Nominators in the 4th annual McKnight’s Women of Distinction awards program will save on entry fees if they enter by Wednesday.