A federal grand jury has indicted the former owner of a Virginia assisted living community on 13 counts of wire fraud and two counts of making false statements for allegedly diverting $823,374 in federal and state benefits intended to pay for the care of the community’s residents.
Creating a standard of dementia training for assisted living and other caregivers is the goal of proposed legislation in Florida, but a senior living organization says that not targeting training by population served is a mistake.
A Seattle continuing care retirement community has fired two employees and revised its COVID-19 response protocols with the public health department after the employees falsified their coronavirus test results, resulting in the facility going into full quarantine.
Assisted living operators are exempt from a new executive order in Texas prohibiting the requirement of a “vaccine passport” for services, but one senior living provider organization says the exemption won’t change much in senior living from a practical standpoint.
Minimum staffing ratios would be established for assisted living communities with memory care units under a bill being considered by Oregon lawmakers.
The majority of frontline healthcare workers participating in a new survey have experienced adverse mental health effects from the pandemic, and 58% of assisted living and nursing home employees believe that their employers are “falling short” in supporting them.
The federal government is providing almost $100 million in grants to states and territories to increase COVID-19 vaccinations among older adults in independent living communities, affordable senior housing units, individual homes and other settings.
The federal government is more than doubling its funding for “deeply affordable housing” in announcing an almost $700 million allocation for the national Housing Trust Fund.
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