Simplifying, amplifying window visits during pandemic nets Inlet Coastal a Tech Awards Gold
By
Kimberly Marselas
Oct 01, 2020
For its efforts to reconnect residents with loved ones during the pandemic, Inlet Coastal Resort has won Gold in the Keep It Super Simple category of the 2020 McKnight’s Excellence in Technology Awards.
Minorities affected most by COVID-19 in assisted living: study
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Sep 22, 2020
Newly published research, which the authors tout as the “first ever” empirical study involving the incidence of COVID-19 in U.S. assisted living communities, showed a four-fold higher case fatality...
COVID-19 prompts closer look at healthcare in senior living, speakers say
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Sep 21, 2020
The fear that COVID-19 has created about congregate living “is very real,” and the senior living industry must take steps to allay it, according to Nexus Insights founder and President Bob Kramer.
Memory care initial rates average 8.5% below average asking rate: NIC
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Amy Novotney
Sep 10, 2020
Average initial rates for residents moving into independent living, assisted living and memory care segments were below average asking rates amid the COVID-19 pandemic, with monthly spreads generally largest...
Bill would require senior living communities to develop plans to prevent social isolation
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Aug 26, 2020
Senior living operators would be required to develop plans to prevent residents from becoming isolated during public emergencies, and per-diem healthcare workers would be able to accrue paid sick leave,...
Pandemic effects ‘pronounced,’ but business drivers ‘firmly intact,’ Welltower says
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Lois A. Bowers
Aug 07, 2020
The pandemic, as expected, had a “pronounced” effect on Welltower’s financial results in the second quarter, especially those results related to senior living and skilled nursing, Chairman and CEO...
House Appropriations leader calls for immediate federal COVID-19 relief for senior living
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Aug 04, 2020
A leader of the House Appropriations Committee has called on the Department of Health and Human Services to place senior living communities on the same playing field as nursing homes in the prioritization...
The Department of Health and Human Services is extending until Aug. 28 the deadline for eligible state Medicaid providers, including assisted living operators, to apply for monies from the Coronavirus...
New York assisted living communities adopt ‘new normal’ in reopening phase
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jul 10, 2020
As New York’s assisted living communities prepare for the next phase of reopening, they are adopting a “new normal” for operating that will include new best practices in the midst of the COVID-19...
Senior living professionals from around the world share COVID-19 lessons learned
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jun 25, 2020
COVID-19 has had a huge impact on senior living and care operators around the world, and every country is at a different stage of reopening. But commonalities have surfaced in the experience, no matter...