New technology is breaking up the monotony of social distancing during the COVID-19 pandemic, providing entertainment and improving quality of life in the process.
Nobody in long-term care is begrudging skilled nursing facilities for the $4.9 billion that began flowing to providers on Friday to fight effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, but associations are asking federal and state governments not to forget senior living operators.
As social isolation measures have been implemented in response to COVID-19, technology has been touted as a way of keeping older adults connected. But new research has found that older adults who go online every day are more likely to feel socially isolated than their counterparts who use the internet less often.
Appointments and promotions at Consulate Health Care, Diversified Healthcare Trust, Vi Living and Village Manor Park Healthcare & Community Living.
Although COVID-19’s negative effects present “substantial” concerns about the company’s future, Capital Senior Living executives said Thursday that the company’s turnaround strategy creates “a path to long-term value.”
States must take an “all-hands-on-deck” approach to helping assisted living communities and nursing homes address workforce needs during the COVID-19 pandemic, the American Health Care Association / National Center for Assisted Living said Thursday.
With senior living communities serving as potential hot spots for COVID-19, operators are looking at all types of infection control measures to contain or prevent the spread of the deadly virus.
As Florida assisted living communities and nursing homes seek blanket immunity from COVID-19 lawsuits, a Fort Lauderdale assisted living and memory care community is expected to face a lawsuit following the death of a resident.
The vast majority of senior living residents agree with COVID-19 social distancing and visitation restrictions, even if they find them a little annoying. At least that’s what Buckner Retirement Services found when it surveyed its residents; 96% of respondents said they approved of the measures.
Employers can now offer bonuses or other incentive-based pay to employees whose hours vary from week to week, under a final rule announced by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division.
