Older Americans Act discussion draft prompts litany of recommendations from senior living industry
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jul 26, 2024
Addressing long-term care opportunities for the direct care workforce and adopting an all-of-government approach to aging are among the recommendations senior living leaders made in comments to senators...
New legislation aims to bolster federal senior living resident advocacy program
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jul 25, 2024
Two US senators on Tuesday introduced a bill to improve the long-term care ombudsman program to strengthen resident advocacy. The move comes as a growing number of senior living and nursing home residents...
Affordable senior housing thrust into spotlight as advocates press lawmakers to address shortfalls
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jul 24, 2024
The lack of affordable senior housing in the United States is the focus of two separate efforts this week by advocates for the senior living industry, with both calling for the allocation of more federal...
Increasing RN staffing hours reduces injury-related ED visits by assisted living residents with dementia:...
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jul 19, 2024
A new study found that increasing staffing hours of registered nurses in assisted living communities led to a 53% decrease in injury-related emergency department visits by residents living with Alzheimer’s...
Texas power grid leaves some assisted living communities without power for days, raising questions for...
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jul 16, 2024
Texas’ power grid struggled to get homes and business back online after Hurricane Beryl made landfall as a Category 1 storm last week, leaving some assisted living communities and nursing homes grappling...
More news for Friday, July 12, 2024
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jul 12, 2024
Chevron ruling prompts House GOP leaders to demand regulatory reviews, introduce bill limiting agency powers … Mitigating stressors of aging, insurance plan flexibility necessary to address mental health...
Workforce recruitment a big part of changing the senior living narrative
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jul 09, 2024
Potential employees’ perceptions of the aging services field and how best to talk to them about jobs in the sector is part of an expansion of a LeadingAge initiative.
46 assisted living communities named in $4.5 million home health kickback settlement
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jul 03, 2024
Forty-six assisted living communities have been named as recipients of alleged illegal kickbacks that were the focus of a $4.5 million settlement reached between the federal government and a group of home...
Grief care efforts should include settings outside of hospice, provider group says
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jul 03, 2024
If standards are developed for high-quality bereavement and grief care, they must apply to settings outside of traditional hospice care, such as affordable senior housing, where there is a “critical...
AI could open doors to advances in care, operations in senior living
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jul 01, 2024
Aging services organizations already are using artificial intelligence, whether or not they realize it, a panel of experts said Thursday.