Senior living industry unites behind message: ‘Don’t leave seniors behind’
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Apr 29, 2021
Don’t leave seniors behind. That’s the message the senior living industry is putting out as Congress ramps up discussions about the Biden administration’s American Jobs Plan and newly introduced...
States look at social insurance to address underfunded LTSS system: report
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Aug 12, 2020
Social insurance initiatives to help finance long-term services and supports are gaining traction at the state level because “the costs of waiting around for something to happen at the federal level...
Expanding veterans’ access to assisted living is ‘common sense,’ associations say
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jun 16, 2022
“Commonsense” legislation expanding access to cost-effective assisted living has gained support from the major associations representing senior living and other long-term care providers.
Aging services industry takes wait-and-see approach on infrastructure plan
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Apr 27, 2021
As President Biden closes in on his first 100 days in office and prepares to address Congress and the nation on Wednesday, the aging services and care industry is holding its collective breath on whether...
6 strategies will help build the long-term care workforce: report
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jul 02, 2021
Education, career opportunities, wage increases and reform measures are among the six strategies in a “long-range vision” released Thursday by LeadingAge to address workforce challenges in senior living...
Senior living industry pushes infrastructure agenda during budget talks
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Aug 27, 2021
As legislative committees work on how to divvy up the $3.5 trillion approved by the House of Representatives earlier this week in the fiscal year 2022 budget resolution, the senior living and care industry...
49 percent of assisted living providers operating at a loss: survey
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jun 30, 2021
Assisted living providers continue to face a serious economic crisis in the wake of the pandemic, according to the results of a new survey. A separate survey finds that Americans agree that more needs...
Dementia care report should be ‘catalyst for change,’ committee says
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Feb 24, 2021
An ad hoc committee from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine produced a report on how to move dementia care forward by focusing on the well-being of individuals with dementia and...
Bill would invest $100 million, test program to bolster housing, service access for grandparent-led families
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
May 14, 2021
A proposed bill seeks to invest $100 million over the next two years into affordable senior housing to modify that housing and invest in staff to help residents raising grandchildren access resources.
‘Unconscionable’: Senior living eliminated from COVID relief package
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Feb 26, 2021
With the possibility that President Biden’s $1.9 trillion stimulus bill could come to the House of Representatives for a vote as early as today, senior living industry leaders are sounding the alarm...