A $2.55 million grant will enable the Institute for Sustainable Health & Optimal Aging at the University of Louisville, KY, to create the Kentucky Rural & Underserved Geriatric Interprofessional Education...
California task force ponders long-term care insurance program
By
Lois A. Bowers
May 02, 2022
California is working to create a new long-term care insurance program, following in the footsteps of a state to its north.
South Dakota committee mulls senior living legislation
By
Lois A. Bowers
Jul 24, 2016
The Regulation of Nursing and Assisted Living Beds Interim Committee of the South Dakota legislature will reconvene Aug. 23 as it considers ways to enable people to age in place while ensuring that demand...
Florida governor signs generator bills into law; is Oklahoma next?
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Lois A. Bowers
Mar 27, 2018
Florida Gov. Rick Scott signed bills into law Monday requiring assisted living communities and nursing homes in the state to have emergency generators. Legislators in Oklahoma are considering similar requirements...
Operators, workers should be protected from COVID-19 lawsuits, association says
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Lois A. Bowers
Apr 13, 2020
Assisted living communities and skilled nursing facilities, and the people who work for them, should be “protected from liability” for treating anyone with COVID-19 during the current pandemic, the...
States impose coronavirus rules for long-term care; AMDA, ACHCA conferences affected by COVID-19
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Lois A. Bowers
Mar 12, 2020
As the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a pandemic on Wednesday, citing 118,000 cases and 4,291 deaths in 114 countries, several states have imposed new rules on assisted living communities...