One-time COVID-19 testing for assisted living would cost $232 million, AHCA / NCAL estimates
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
May 27, 2020
Testing every U.S. assisted living community resident and staff member for COVID-19 one time would cost $232 million, according to data released Wednesday by the American Health Care Association / National...
Industry asks governors for help as imminent COVID-19 outbreaks threaten assisted living communities
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jul 15, 2020
Assisted living communities and nursing homes face a potential “dramatic increase” in cases of COVID-19 as states continue to reopen and personal protective equipment shortages and testing delays persist,...
NCAL: Vaccines, state prioritization of long-term care bode well for assisted living communities
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Mar 09, 2021
As COVID-19 cases and deaths continue to drop in long-term care settings, calls for reopening assisted living facilities are increasing.
Public health emergency extension needed so operators can respond to ‘ever-evolving pandemic,’ AHCA/NCAL...
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Aug 10, 2022
The American Health Care Association / National Center for Assisted living has asked the federal government to extend the public health emergency through the end of the year, given the emergence of new...
‘Most important work you’ve ever done’: Parkinson on COVID-19
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Oct 12, 2021
The U.S. long-term care industry has “been through hell and back” over the past 18 months, according to AHCA/NCAL President and CEO Mark Parkinson. And the battle isn’t over yet.
More news for Tuesday, Jan. 11
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jan 11, 2022
As SCOTUS weighs COVID-19 vaccination mandates for workers, providers should work toward compliance: AHCA / NCAL … $40M available for artificial intelligence, technology projects to improve older adult...
‘Immediate action’ needed from governors to address long-term care workforce needs during pandemic,...
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
May 22, 2020
States must take an “all-hands-on-deck” approach to helping assisted living communities and nursing homes address workforce needs during the COVID-19 pandemic, the American Health Care Association...
$672 million would be cost of one-time COVID-19 testing for all assisted living and nursing home residents,...
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
May 28, 2020
Testing every U.S. assisted living community and nursing home resident and staff member for COVID-19 one time would cost $672 million, according to data released Wednesday by the American Health Care Association...
Operators cite ‘urgent’ need for COVID funding relief
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Dec 17, 2020
With a tentative agreement and an expected vote on a COVID relief package expected this week, senior living industry leaders said the need for additional relief funding in senior living is “urgent.”
59 percent of assisted living providers report workforce decline since 2020: AHCA/NCAL survey
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jun 24, 2021
Fifty-nine percent of assisted living providers responding to a small survey by the American Health Care Association / National Center for Assisted Living said that their overall “workforce situation”...