President signs CARES Act with $2.2 trillion in COVID-19 relief, extends national shutdown to April 30
By
Lois A. Bowers
Mar 30, 2020
President Trump on Sunday extended the voluntary national shutdown related to coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) until April 30. The move followed his signing of the the $2.2 trillion “Coronavirus Aid,...
More than 201,000 in long-term care have died from COVID, but just how many more?
By
Lois A. Bowers
Feb 07, 2022
A full accounting of COVID deaths among long-term care residents and staff members is not available because the federal government only collects data from Medicare and Medicaid-certified nursing facilities.
3 ways COVID-19 will change senior living forever
By
Lois A. Bowers
May 04, 2020
One senior living expert recently shared with me three ways senior living surely will change, and another way it will change at least temporarily, due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Asking the tough questions about senior living’s enduring challenge
By
Lois A. Bowers
Jan 25, 2021
When the COVID-19 pandemic finally ends, senior living operators will be able to exhale and look back to gather lessons related to workforce challenges. Some industry-wide insights that might be helpful...
New Senior to move 21 communities from Holiday to Atria to diversify portfolio
By
Lois A. Bowers
Feb 26, 2021
New Senior Investment Group will transition the management of 21 senior living communities in its 103-community portfolio from Holiday Retirement to Atria Senior Living in an effort to diversify the operator...
McKnight’s Senior Living COVID-19 survey: Operators cope with staffing issues by paying overtime, having...
By
Lois A. Bowers
Apr 08, 2020
Overtime pay is the most common form of compensation that senior living operators are giving to cover extra shifts and address other staffing needs as communities work to prevent or manage cases of COVID-19...
Building back occupancy will be a balancing act: speakers
By
Lois A. Bowers
Mar 25, 2022
However long it takes, the process of building back occupancy will take new approaches, according to speakers at the National Investment Center for Seniors Housing & Care Spring Conference.
Senior living takes ‘left behind’ message to White House, community near you
By
Lois A. Bowers
Oct 20, 2021
A senior living advocacy campaign with messages that may be familiar to many on Capitol Hill is about to reach higher — to the White House — and wider — to state policymakers and the front yards...
3 ways the CDC’s COVID-19 vaccination plan involves assisted living
By
Lois A. Bowers
Sep 17, 2020
A new “playbook” for public health officials shares three ways that federal and other efforts related to the development and distribution of a vaccine against COVID-19 will affect senior living: implementation,...
Changes open COVID vaccination to independent living, affordable senior housing residents
By
Lois A. Bowers
Jan 13, 2021
In a move that should open COVID-19 vaccination to independent living and affordable senior housing residents across the country, officials with the federal vaccine development, manufacturing and distribution...
