Campaign highlights benefits of senior living versus home
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Apr 26, 2022
Benchmark Senior Living has debuted a new advertising campaign promoting the social opportunities that senior living residents experience compared with older adults isolating at home alone.
Reported senior living theft uncovers extensive fraud scam by former home health aide
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Apr 22, 2022
Following an extensive investigation into thefts at several independent and assisted living communities, Massachusetts police are working to reunite residents with their stolen jewelry and valuables.
AARP Livability Index a ‘powerful tool’ for senior living operators, residents
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Apr 19, 2022
An online tool rating community livability could be a “powerful tool” for senior living operators and prospective residents and their families, according to the organization behind it.
Federal court will rehear senior living operators’ RICO lawsuit claims against unions
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Apr 18, 2022
A federal court panel announced Thursday that it will reexamine a senior living and care operator’s racketeering lawsuit against local labor unions after a previous decision was vacated.
Providers must work together to solve workforce issues: PHI
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Apr 12, 2022
A public education campaign would improve the public’s understanding of the direct care workforce, help recruit more workers, empower those workers to tell their own stories and publicly recognize this...
Pandemic’s shared experience in isolation helps drive social health conversation
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Apr 12, 2022
A Massachusetts task force to end loneliness and build community originated before COVID-19, but the pandemic raised awareness around isolation and shaped the experiences of the statewide coalition.
Streamlined wage determination process could help address workforce crisis
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Apr 08, 2022
A more streamlined wage determination process for nurses will help the long-term care industry address a historic workforce crisis, according to industry experts.
Strong workforce comes down to ‘tender and tough’ equation, senior living CEO says
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Apr 05, 2022
Building and strengthening the workforce for one Connecticut life plan community meant borrowing from a pandemic practice that built on its already strong culture.
As second COVID-19 booster dose is approved, senior living calls for help
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Mar 30, 2022
As public health officials brace for a potential surge in coronavirus cases due to the BA.2 variant, the federal government on Tuesday approved a second COVID-19 booster dose for higher-risk individuals.
‘Natural immunity’ now satisfies employer vaccine mandates in Utah
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Mar 30, 2022
Natural immunity to COVID-19 infection could allow Utah senior living and other workers to sidestep workplace vaccine mandates.