HUD reopens COVID-19 relief applications for affordable senior housing providers
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Nov 25, 2020
The federal government has announced a second application period for COVID-19 supplemental payments for affordable senior housing providers and other multifamily housing providers.
Sunshine ride-hailing, moving services partnerships meant to benefit residents during pandemic and beyond
By
Lois A. Bowers
Nov 23, 2020
Bend, OR-based Sunshine Retirement Living has announced partnerships with Uber Health and North American Van Lines that the companies say could offer reassurance to residents during the coronavirus pandemic...
Pandemic causes ‘economic disruption’ for low-income, older-adult households: study
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Nov 23, 2020
Although recent federal budget changes for safety net programs hold some promise for the housing needs of low-income older adults, funding falls well short of what is needed, according to “The State...
‘We’re entering a very difficult period,’ former FDA commissioner says of pandemic
By
Lois A. Bowers
Nov 18, 2020
Former Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Scott Gottlieb, M.D., had some sobering words Tuesday for a senior living industry that has been battling the coronavirus pandemic for more than eight months...
States use varying approaches to address staffing shortages in senior living during pandemic
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Nov 18, 2020
As COVID-19 cases spike across the country, states are taking varying approaches to help senior living providers deal with staffing shortages.
81 percent of providers encourage residents not to travel for holidays: poll
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Nov 17, 2020
Eighty-one percent of senior living and care providers responding to a recent survey say that they are encouraging their residents not to travel during the upcoming holidays, due to the pandemic.
Minnesota asks feds for help with staffing, supply shortages in senior living
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Nov 16, 2020
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz is asking the federal government for staffing and supply help for assisted living communities and other long-term care facilities, as well as hospitals, in the state that are struggling...
CEO shares wish list for change and ‘most radical thought of all’
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Lois A. Bowers
Nov 13, 2020
LeadingAge President and CEO Katie Smith Sloan on Thursday shared a long wish list of areas that providers could work toward making realities within the industry and in the world in general. “We do know...
Pandemic’s upending of senior living might not be such a bad thing: speaker
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Nov 11, 2020
Senior living and care has been one of the industries most disrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic, creating “radical changes” in resident engagement. But that might not be such a bad thing, according to...
Assisted living operators’ ‘surprise’ COVID fees being investigated
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Nov 10, 2020
The New York Times said it is investigating the “surprise charges” that some assisted living operators are passing along to residents via one-time fees meant to help cover the costs of testing, preventing...