Proposal would increase funding, training for affordable senior housing service coordinators
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Aug 11, 2023
A new bill intended to expand and improve service coordination programs in affordable housing was introduced this week, adding a potential funding mechanism for tax credit-financed housing.
People in the news, Aug. 8
Aug 08, 2023
Appointments, promotions and other news at DIGroup Architecture, Erickson Senior Living, FellowshipLife, Hebrew SeniorLife, Integral Senior Living, Kendal, Massachusetts Assisted Living Association, Meth-Wick...
Business briefs, June 5
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jun 05, 2023
CMS addresses barriers, disparities faced by LGBTQ+ community; university highlights research aimed at protecting LGBTQ+ long-term care residents … White House calls for strengthening healthcare response...
More news for Wednesday, May 4
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
May 04, 2022
Occupancy trends up after omicron slump: Omega … AHCA / NCAL launches Diversity Executive Leadership Program … How to support older adults related to gun ownership decisions, suicide prevention …...
Long-term care leaders call for investments in ‘infrastructure for aging’
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jul 22, 2021
As Congress and the administration negotiate the details of an infrastructure agreement that could top $1.2 trillion, organizations representing senior living and other long-term care providers are calling...
Senior living affected as LGBT individuals get protection on the job but not for healthcare
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jun 16, 2020
Senior living organizations are applauding Monday’s U.S. Supreme Court ruling that existing federal law forbids job discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation of transgender status.
Frontline workers must be priority for COVID-19 resources, groups say; Juniper to test all residents,...
By
Lois A. Bowers
Apr 03, 2020
The safety and well-being of frontline workers in senior living and skilled nursing must be prioritized in order to ensure that older adults receive the care they need and that the spread of COVID-19 is...
Big senior living stories of 2019
By
Lois A. Bowers
Dec 23, 2019
Here’s a look at some of the news that occupied many minds in senior living over the past year.
HHS says new rule allows healthcare workers, organizations to honor religious and moral principles in...
By
Lois A. Bowers
May 03, 2019
Individual healthcare workers as well as healthcare organizations can decline to provide care that conflicts with their religious and moral beliefs or mission under a final rule issued Thursday by the...
Erickson Living, AHCA/NCAL among organizations on 2018 ‘Top Workplaces’ list
By
Lois A. Bowers
Jun 26, 2018
Erickson Living, the American Health Care Association / National Center for Assisted Living, Capital One, Cushman and Wakefield, and Walker and Dunlop are five of 150 companies and organizations named...