$62.7 billion funding bill would expand affordable senior housing supply, service coordinators
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jun 24, 2022
Federally supported housing for older adults and serve coordinators would be among the winners in a $62.7 billion House funding bill proposal if passed as written.
Lutheran Services in America expands rural aging initiative to 4 states
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jun 24, 2022
Lutheran Services in America said Thursday that it will expand its rural aging initiative into more states to help older adults experiencing social isolation and difficulty accessing services and supports...
New Minnesota healthcare law fails to address assisted living’s most pressing challenge: staff wages
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jun 22, 2022
A new Health and Human Services policy law passed by legislators in the final hours of the 2022 Minnesota legislative session fails to address the state’s most pressing challenge for assisted living...
No fewer deaths seen with restricted IV fluid for septic shock
Jun 17, 2022
The rates of death at 90 days, serious adverse events, did not differ for patients with septic shock receiving restricted versus standard IV fluid therapy in the ICU.
$2.3 million will fund abuse and neglect investigation efforts in assisted living, other settings
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jun 17, 2022
Programs serving older adults and people with disabilities were awarded $2.3 million in federal grant funding to help combat abuse in assisted living communities and other long-term care settings.
Actions & Transactions, June 17
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jun 17, 2022
Community leaders to celebrate Bridges by EPOCH at Lexington grand opening … Verena at Hilliard opens in Hilliard, OH … Anthology Tanglewood to open in Houston
Advocacy groups ‘strongly urge’ DOL to consider changes to processing Schedule A petitions
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jun 16, 2022
LeadingAge and the American Health Care Association / National Center for Assisted Living met Monday with staff from the Department of Labor to “strongly urge” the agency to consider changes to Schedule...
$1.2 million nursing home quality initiative to be spearheaded by LeadingAge
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jun 15, 2022
LeadingAge will use a two-year, $1.2 million grant from the John A. Hartford Foundation to work to improve nursing home quality based on the recommendations of a recent national report, the foundation...
Former school repurposed for New England’s first LBGTQ affordable senior housing community
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jun 13, 2022
The former William Barton Rogers Middle School in Hyde Park, MA, which has sat idle for years, soon will see new life as Boston’s — and all of New England’s — first affordable housing community...
Adult care facility operator found guilty of ‘horrific’ human trafficking, labor charges
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jun 09, 2022
Three members of the Gamos family joined a fourth in being found guilty of human trafficking and labor-related charges tied to their California adult residential and child care facility company.