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Assisted living workforce shortage could be worsened by federal nursing home staffing requirements
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Lois A. Bowers
Apr 04, 2023
Assisted living communities and personal care homes could lose staff members to nursing homes if a minimum staffing requirement is implemented for nursing facilities by the federal government, according...
DOJ accuses South Carolina of unnecessarily segregating adults with mental illness in assisted living
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Lois A. Bowers
Jul 10, 2023
The state of South Carolina violates the Americans with Disabilities Act by unnecessarily segregating adults with serious mental illness in assisted living communities, the US Department of Justice said...
Florida assisted living and nursing home operators say they will avoid potential $1,000-per-day fines and loss of licensure after an appeals court Tuesday handed down a decision that emergency rules requiring...
Fires force California senior living communities to evacuate
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Lois A. Bowers
Oct 28, 2019
Senior living organizations with communities in certain parts of California put their disaster preparedness plans into action over the weekend as wildfires spread.
Florida provider groups cheer generator ruling as governor promises appeal
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Lois A. Bowers
Oct 30, 2017
Organizations representing Florida assisted living and nursing home operators cheered Friday’s decision by the state’s Division of Administrative Hearings that invalidated two emergency rules...
PPE, COVID-19 testing could depend on provider reporting, associations say
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Lois A. Bowers
Apr 13, 2020
Communicating COVID-19 information to authorities, residents and staff could help ensure that operators get the personal protective equipment and testing they need, two national associations said Saturday....
‘A lot on the line in November,’ NCAL executive director says
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Lois A. Bowers
Oct 08, 2018
The outcome of the midterm elections Nov. 6 will determine whether assisted living operators will have another fight for Medicaid on their hands, National Center for Assisted Living Executive Director...
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...
CCRCs have less time to refund entrance fees under new law
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Lois A. Bowers
Aug 21, 2018
Continuing care retirement communities will have have less time to return refundable portions of entrance fees to residents or their estates after move-out under a new law signed Friday by New Jersey Gov....