Most small businesses likely to exhaust PPP money by August: study
By
Amy Novotney
Jul 16, 2020
A survey of more than 1,500 small business owners who took advantage of the Small Business Administration’s Paycheck Protection Program has found that most will run out of money by the first week in...
When it comes to COVID-19 cases in assisted living, where you live matters: study
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Mar 31, 2022
When it comes to COVID-19 outbreaks in assisted living communities, where you live matters, according to the results of a new study.
3 truths in senior living as industry recovers from COVID-19
By
Nora Wiley
May 26, 2020
As we find our “new normal” in the age of the coronavirus, we’ll be faced with a consumer who not only likely took some market-based financial loses but who also has become cautious about...
Louisiana’s home care agencies now battling two fronts: pandemic, hurricane damage
By
Diane Eastabrook
Aug 31, 2021
As Hurricane Ida left a path of destruction in her wake Monday morning, Louisiana Home Care Association CEO Warren Hebert was busy reaching out to members to assess damage.
More news for Friday, April 23
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Apr 23, 2021
Masonicare will require employee vaccination against COVID-19 … Connecticut assisted living associations among 44 organizations opposing package of workplace mandates … New York assisted living communities...
‘Take flu out of the equation,’ get vaccinated during pandemic, public health officials advise
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Oct 02, 2020
Concerned about a dual outbreak of influenza and COVID-19 this winter, public health officials recommended Thursday that long-term care workers and residents — and others — “take flu out of the equation”...
HEALS Act does not address pandemic’s significant effect on industry, senior living leaders say
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jul 29, 2020
The $1 trillion coronavirus relief package of bills released Monday by Senate Republicans once again leaves senior living on the outside looking in, according to some provider groups.
4.4 million Americans have gotten updated COVID-19 boosters
Sep 23, 2022
Public health officials expect the demand for the new booster to surge in the next few weeks.
Nursing home industry on verge of financial collapse, group claims
By
Amy Novotney
Jun 11, 2020
Even before the industry was dealing with the COVID-19 pandemic, the average nursing home was operating on a razor-thin profit margin or net loss. That’s because Medicaid reimbursements only cover 70%...
Identifying highest-risk assisted living communities key to tackling next outbreak: report
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
May 22, 2024
The public health response to COVID-19 in assisted living communities in New York highlights the need to identify those communities at highest risk of infectious disease outbreaks to provide necessary...