‘Alarming’ legal opinion could be ‘detrimental’ to senior living project financing, leaders say
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Aug 16, 2024
An “alarming” legal opinion affecting a federal loan program popular with senior living and care organizations could have a “detrimental” effect on maintaining senior living communities and other...
48 percent of assisted living providers may close due to workforce issues: survey
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jun 08, 2022
More than half (52%) of assisted living providers participating in a new survey say that their overall workforce situation has worsened since January, and 48% are concerned that they may have to close...
Federal final rule drops bring cries of ‘flawed,’ ‘aggressive,’ ‘dramatic’ from senior living...
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Apr 25, 2024
Late April brought a shower of regulatory changes as the federal government dropped four major final rules this week that the senior living and care industry is calling “flawed,” “aggressive” and...
15 percent of off-label antipsychotic use in assisted living may be inappropriate, but nursing home reduction...
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Sep 14, 2021
The rate of potentially inappropriate prescribing of drugs in assisted living is 15% for antipsychotics and 21% for antianxiety medications, according to the authors of a new study published in JAMDA,...
Assisted living, nursing homes ‘not that different’ when it comes to risk for infectious disease...
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Sep 23, 2021
When it comes to COVID-19, there isn’t much difference between assisted living communities and nursing homes, in terms of the frail, older populations they care for and the need to prioritize assistance...
Proposed OSHA rule change could dramatically expand reporting requirements for senior living providers
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Apr 06, 2022
A proposed federal rule change on how employers report on-the-job injuries and illness could dramatically expand reporting requirements for senior living providers.
CCRCs challenged by caregiver turnover, but nursing homes have it worse: report
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Sep 22, 2021
Turnover rates for certified nursing assistants, licensed practical nurses and registered nurses in continuing care retirement communities have reached their highest points over the past decade in 2021,...
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”...
Nursing home staffing mandate puts assisted living communities at risk of losing workers, experts say
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Sep 06, 2023
Assisted living communities are at risk of losing staff members following the first-ever proposed federal staffing mandate for nursing homes, released Friday, according to senior living experts.
Exercise significantly improves quality of life for assisted living residents: studies
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
May 15, 2023
Two new studies are touting the benefits of exercise for assisted living and nursing home residents.