Vaccinated senior living residents in Massachusetts now can host vaccinated guests in rooms, with masks … Florida lawmakers consider establishing stockpiles of PPE to sell during emergencies …...
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Michigan Supreme Court to hear arguments related to death of independent living resident who wandered into cold … Acts Retirement–Life Communities partners with Wilmington University for employee...
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You can hug an assisted living resident in Ohio, but you must wear a mask … Rhode Island Health Department urges assisted living operators to adhere to visitation recommendations … Illinois Public...
Mary Ousley named McKnight’s Women of Distinction 2021 Lifetime Achievement Award winner
By
James M. Berklan
Mar 11, 2021
Mary Ousley, chief strategy officer for long-term care giant PruittHealth and a past chair of the American Health Care Association, has been chosen as this year’s Lifetime Achievement Award winner in...
In tightening labor market, Amedisys, LHC Group hone in on recruitment, retention
By
Diane Eastabrook
Mar 11, 2021
Two of the nation’s largest home care providers say they are getting creative and aggressive when it comes to recruiting and retaining workers in their industry’s highly competitive labor market.
Operators see ‘remarkable outcomes’ with COVID-19 infusion treatments
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Feb 10, 2021
If there were a “game-changing medication” available to senior living providers to help fight off COVID-19 and potentially avoid a hospital trip for residents, would you use it?
Some senior living operators add vaccine access to marketing toolkits to help rebuild occupancy
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jan 25, 2021
As the COVID-19 pandemic sends occupancy rates plummeting in senior living communities, some operators are adding vaccine access to their marketing toolbox in a bid to entice prospective residents and...
COVID-19 could leave mark on senior living through 2022: experts
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jan 08, 2021
An unprecedented global pandemic could leave its mark through 2022, according to senior living industry experts participating on an Argentum panel looking at senior living’s economic forecast for 2021.
AHCA/NCAL wants long-term care residents, staff vaccinated against COVID by March 1
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Lois A. Bowers
Dec 08, 2020
Governors and public health officials should ensure that residents and employees of long-term care facilities are prioritized before everyone else for COVID-19 vaccination and that they receive both doses...
‘Right person at right time’: Winthrop Marshall, first Black LeadingAge chair, dies
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Liza Berger
Dec 08, 2020
Winthrop Marshall, the first Black chair of the organization formerly known as the American Association of Homes and Services for the Aging, passed away last week.