State ignores provider input in crafting new assisted living regulations; ‘significant’ negative...
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Sep 13, 2024
Although provider advocates say that Vermont’s state licensing regulations for assisted living communities and care homes were in dire need of an update, one senior living organization has raised concerns...
Proposed long-term care oversight package brings mixed bag for assisted living
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jul 24, 2024
Legislation aiming to improve quality and oversight of senior living communities and nursing homes in Massachusetts being seen as a mixed bag by one assisted living association.
CCRC operator boasts women-led executive leadership team
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Apr 13, 2023
A nonprofit senior living organization based in Washington state now has an entirely women-led executive leadership team for the first time in its history.
Assisted living operators exempt from new Texas ‘vaccine passport’ prohibition
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Apr 08, 2021
Assisted living operators are exempt from a new executive order in Texas prohibiting the requirement of a “vaccine passport” for services, but one senior living provider organization says the exemption...
Georgia adopts COVID-19 liability shield law for healthcare facilities, providers
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Aug 19, 2020
Georgia has become the latest state to enact legislation designed to shield healthcare facilities and providers from legal liability related to the spread of COVID-19.
New York launches its first ‘master plan for aging’
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Nov 08, 2022
Building healthy, livable communities that provide opportunities for older adults to thrive is the goal of New York state’s first master plan for aging, adopted Friday.
Court upholds arbitration agreement in assisted living resident’s wrongful death lawsuit
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Feb 21, 2024
The family of an assisted living resident who filed a wrongful death lawsuit is bound by an arbitration agreement signed when the resident moved into the community, the Tennessee Supreme Court has rule.
New law creates oversight of staffing agencies but doesn’t protect against ‘price-gouging’
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Nov 07, 2022
A new law in Pennsylvania will create oversight and accountability for long-term care staffing agencies, but it does not address the rates they charge.
Providers seek $450 million from PA stimulus funds to cover pandemic costs
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
May 26, 2021
Senior living associations in Pennsylvania are lobbying legislators for $54 million for assisted living and personal care providers from the American Rescue Plan stimulus funding to the state. The ask...
Assisted living providers prohibited from denying employee COVID vaccine exemption requests
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Apr 22, 2022
An amendment to an existing state law expands protections for employees subject to employer COVID-19 vaccine mandates, further complicating the pandemic landscape for assisted living providers in Tennessee.