Government PPE plans could have ‘grave consequences’ for senior living residents, staff, groups say
By
Lois A. Bowers
Apr 27, 2020
Federal and state advocates for senior living and home- and community-based services providers say it is a mistake for governments not to prioritize these providers’ needs for personal protective...
Provider groups dispute judge’s claim that senior living is unsafe during pandemic
By
Lois A. Bowers
Mar 31, 2020
A provider organization in Texas is educating residents, families and the general public about the relative safety of senior living communities and nursing homes during the COVID-19 pandemic after a public...
Potential coronavirus leads to quarantine, no-visitor policies at Nebraska senior living communities
By
Lois A. Bowers
Mar 10, 2020
Two Nebraska senior living communities are under quarantine, and two others are not allowing visitors “out of an abundance of caution” after the communities’ operator learned that an employee of...
South Dakota committee mulls senior living legislation
By
Lois A. Bowers
Jul 24, 2016
The Regulation of Nursing and Assisted Living Beds Interim Committee of the South Dakota legislature will reconvene Aug. 23 as it considers ways to enable people to age in place while ensuring that demand...
Operators, workers should be protected from COVID-19 lawsuits, association says
By
Lois A. Bowers
Apr 13, 2020
Assisted living communities and skilled nursing facilities, and the people who work for them, should be “protected from liability” for treating anyone with COVID-19 during the current pandemic, the...
State tests voucher program to help adults with dementia afford assisted living
By
Lois A. Bowers
Sep 17, 2018
Organizations representing assisted living operators in New York are cheering a new pilot program that will subsidize rent for residents with dementia who no longer can afford assisted living.
Newspaper series critical of assisted living ‘paints inaccurate picture,’ industry group says
By
Lois A. Bowers
Sep 26, 2019
Assisted living community and personal care home operators in Georgia are defending the industry as the Atlanta Journal-Constitution begins publishing a new investigative series that the newspaper’s...
Legislation ‘strikes important balance’ in overhaul of CCRC contracts, provider groups say
By
Lois A. Bowers
May 06, 2019
Florida law regarding continuing care retirement community contracts is poised to change after the Friday passage of HB 1033 by the state legislature. The bill now heads to the governor’s desk, where...
Wildfires destroy, force evacuations at California senior living communities
By
Lois A. Bowers
Oct 11, 2017
Several senior living communities have been evacuated, and at least one has been destroyed, as wildfires continue to burn across parts of California.
Law requiring dementia training for healthcare professionals is unprecedented, Alzheimer’s Association...
By
Lois A. Bowers
Aug 14, 2018
Healthcare professionals who treat adults in Massachusetts will be required to undergo training related to Alzheimer’s disease under a new law signed Thursday by Gov. Charlie Baker.