Provider shares ‘telewellness playbook’ to address resident mental health
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Aug 26, 2022
As resident mental health and well-being top the list of challenges for affordable senior housing providers, one operator is sharing its playbook on a successful telewellness program.
LeadingAge urges HUD to exempt senior housing funds from new ‘Buy America’ requirements
By
Alicia Lasek
Jul 19, 2022
Affordable housing funds must be excluded from a new federal requirement that will raise barriers to infrastructure projects key to senior housing, LeadingAge says.
Pennsylvania budget delivers ‘lifeline’ of $46.7 million to assisted living providers
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jul 12, 2022
Pennsylvania is delivering an “immediate lifeline” to assisted living and other long-term care providers with a $515 million “historical commitment” to the sectors, according to industry advocates....
Operator error means some could miss out on $100,000 or more in Provider Relief Fund payments
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jun 07, 2022
Provider error could mean the loss of $100,000 or more in Provider Relief Fund monies for some senior living organizations.
5 items for senior living’s 2022 to-do list
By
Lois A. Bowers
Jan 10, 2022
The leaders of five organizations active in the senior living space recently shared with me their insights on the biggest challenges facing the industry. Culled from their comments is a list of action...
Lawmakers bank on pandemic impact in resurrecting call to re-establish House Aging Committee
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Sep 08, 2021
Maybe the fourth time’s the charm? Banking on the disproportionate impact of the pandemic on older adults, a group of lawmakers has reintroduced legislation to re-establish the House Permanent Select...
Geriatric workforce issues focus of two bills passed by the House
By
Lois A. Bowers
Oct 29, 2019
Bills that would reauthorize the Older Americans Act and improve improve education and training in geriatrics passed in the House of Representatives on Monday. They now move to the Senate for consideration.
Proposed federal changes endanger providers’ ability to serve low-income adults, groups say
By
Lois A. Bowers
Jun 25, 2019
Aging services providers’ ability to serve low-income older adults will be hindered if the federal government proceeds with proposed changes to how it measures poverty, according to advocacy organizations...
Medicaid, affordable housing changes in proposed budget concern senior living advocates
By
Lois A. Bowers
Mar 12, 2019
Senior living advocates are urging Congress to reject the reforms to Medicaid in President Trump’s proposed budget for fiscal year 2020 and also are “deeply disappointed” in changes to affordable...
The wrong policy at the wrong time
By
Niles Godes
Jun 19, 2017
As Congress has developed healthcare legislation to replace the Affordable Care Act, a dangerous proposal has emerged that would dramatically alter Medicaid’s financial structure and shift far more...