Center to focus on addressing access, quality inequities in LTSS, rehabilitation
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jan 04, 2024
Improving health-related quality of life for people living with disabilities and chronic conditions is the goal of a new center that will train scientists to address access and quality inequities in rehabilitation...
Partnership brings added capacity to CEAL@UNC
Jan 04, 2024
Sheryl Zimmerman, MSW, PhD, executive director of the newly established CEAL@UNC, discusses how the organization is working to develop evidence, bolster the workforce and promote evidence-based practices...
More news for Thursday, Jan. 4
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jan 04, 2024
LCS approved to take over financially troubled CCRC … Senior living provider establishes workforce development endowment … Protecting heart health may prevent dementia … Daily learning test can detect...
Assisted living communities not healthcare providers, not immune from COVID lawsuits, judge says
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jan 03, 2024
A wrongful death lawsuit alleging failure to comply with COVID-19 protocols can move forward after a circuit court judge ruled that assisted living communities are not healthcare providers and therefore...
Assisted living, memory care operators elevate dementia caregiving
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jan 03, 2024
Two senior living communities have launched initiatives to elevate care for residents living with dementia and other cognitive issues.
Initiative aims to help assisted living communities achieve excellence in person-centered care credential
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jan 03, 2024
A research- and evidence-based initiative is underway to develop a process to help assisted living communities and other long-term care facilities achieve a new designation of excellence in person-centered...
More news for Wednesday, Jan. 3
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jan 03, 2024
State says lack of water, medications led to assisted living resident death … Medication tampering allegations launch investigation of CA assisted living provider … Senior living residents push city...
148 assisted living workers will share in $5.5 million wage theft settlement
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Dec 21, 2023
Almost 150 senior living caregivers in California will share in a $5.5 million settlement, the state’s largest judgment in a residential care facility wage theft case.
Senior living construction challenges continue post-pandemic: NIC
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Dec 20, 2023
A combination of challenges have prolonged timelines for senior living projects since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, and those delays will become even more problematic as the senior living industry...
Proposal would change COVID-19 reporting for assisted living providers
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Dec 20, 2023
Assisted living communities and other congregate living settings would change how they report COVID-19 cases under a proposal by the Alabama Department of Public Health.