$484 billion COVID-19 relief bill contains $75 billion for PPE, but will senior living see any of it?
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Lois A. Bowers
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Apr 22, 2020
The $484 billion funding package passed by the Senate Tuesday afternoon to provide relief from the effects of COVID-19 contains $75 billion for personal protective equipment and other resources for hospitals,...
As HHS gives $4.9 billion to nursing homes, provider groups ‘disappointed’ that COVID-19 support...
By
Lois A. Bowers
Kimberly Bonvissuto
May 26, 2020
Nobody in long-term care is begrudging skilled nursing facilities for the $4.9 billion that began flowing to providers on Friday to fight effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, but associations are asking federal...
States don’t wait as fate of federal COVID vaccine mandates remains uncertain
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Lois A. Bowers
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jan 10, 2022
As employers wait to see whether the Supreme Court will issue stays against federal COVID-19 vaccine mandates from the Occupational Safety and Health Administration and Centers for Medicare & Medicaid...
Poor job quality, COVID-19 pandemic hurt direct care workforce: PHI report
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Oct 14, 2020
COVID-19 has “ravaged” assisted living and other long-term care settings, with direct care workers on the frontlines struggling to remain in their jobs and provide quality care without sufficient training,...
Atria credits 98 percent employee COVID vaccination rate in part to mandate as operators take various...
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Lois A. Bowers
May 07, 2021
Atria Senior Living announced a 98% COVID-19 vaccination rate among its almost 10,000 staff members on Thursday, crediting an employee mandate, on-site clinics and its Sleeve-Up initiative. The announcement...
Staffer died because resident wasn’t properly screened, lawsuit alleges
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Dec 16, 2020
A California memory care operator is being sued by the family of a 32-year-old worker who died from COVID-19 complications after the community allegedly failed to properly screen a new resident.
Independent living model means lower occupancy losses, better financial performance during pandemic,...
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Aug 10, 2020
Although the COVID-19 pandemic continues to have a significant effect on the senior living industry, New Senior Investment Group’s independent living business model has meant lower occupancy losses,...
Provider liquidity, despite pandemic’s financial blows, surprises long-term care analyst
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Nov 10, 2021
Although profitability for both single-site and multi-site long-term care providers took a major hit during the pandemic, liquidity remained strong, according to a financial data expert.
Ventas plans to ‘win the recovery’ in senior housing through strategic moves
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
May 10, 2021
Saying that the worst of the pandemic is over, Ventas Chairman and CEO Debra Cafaro said the real estate investment trust’s portfolio delivered “better than expected financial results” in the first...
Prepare for ‘vigorous respiratory virus’ season, public health experts warn
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Oct 08, 2021
Relaxed COVID-19 mitigation measures, travel and a lack of protective immunity against last season’s influenza virus could mean a potentially “vigorous respiratory virus season,” according to public...