‘Devastating’: Provider shutters SNF to save assisted living, memory care business
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Sep 15, 2020
As senior living and other long-term care providers speak out about the financial crisis they are experiencing due to the pandemic, one provider is sharing his story about the decision to close a five-star...
Court strikes down DOL ‘joint employer’ rule as ‘arbitrary and capricious’
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Lois A. Bowers
Sep 09, 2020
The U.S. Department of Labor’s “joint employer” rule was invalidated in large part on Tuesday, with a federal judge saying that the rule unlawfully narrowed the standard determining when companies...
Senior living companies agree to $500,000 settlement of lawsuit tied to 2017 wildfire evacuation
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Sep 09, 2020
The owners and operators of two senior living communities accused of abandoning residents during a 2017 wildfire have agreed to pay $500,000 to settle an unlawful business practices lawsuit filed by state...
Almost 40% of residential care aides live in low-income households: report
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Sep 09, 2020
Direct care workers, including residential care aides who work in assisted living communities, have been elevated to “hero” status during the COVID-19 public health crisis. New research, however, indicates...
Delaware to begin reviewing indoor visitation plans for assisted living communities today
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Sep 08, 2020
Delaware will begin reviewing proposed plans from eligible assisted living communities and nursing homes to begin reopening for indoor visitation.
HHS: Assisted living to receive point-of-care COVID-19 antigen tests soon
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Sep 02, 2020
After previously being left out of the federal COVID-19 test allocation program, assisted living providers are about to receive a new antigen test cleared for emergency use authorization by the Food and...
COVID-19 cases increasing in assisted living residents and staff, linked to ‘hotspot’ states with...
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Sep 02, 2020
A new analysis of COVID-19 data from assisted living communities finds a “significant increase” in cases among residents and staff members, with the rise in staff cases “especially noteworthy.”
Limited outdoor visitation coming to South Carolina assisted living communities
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Sep 02, 2020
South Carolina released new guidance for limited outdoor visitation at assisted living communities and nursing homes on Tuesday, following criteria from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention,...
Communities face potential investigation, legal action over $900 COVID-19 fee allegedly charged to residents
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Aug 28, 2020
The Michigan Attorney General’s office on Thursday issued a cease and desist letter to 11 senior living communities throughout the state’s Lower Peninsula, along with their parent and management companies,...
Ohio pauses statewide assisted living COVID-19 testing initiative over ‘inconsistencies’
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Aug 28, 2020
Ohio hit the pause button two days into a statewide saliva-based testing initiative at all licensed assisted living communities in the state after “testing data inconsistencies” at some communities.