A provider organization in Texas is educating residents, families and the general public about the relative safety of senior living communities and nursing homes during the COVID-19 pandemic after a public official recommended people move their loved ones out of such settings.
New guidance released Monday by the Alzheimer’s Association in collaboration with 34 long-term care industry associations and operators is designed to help ensure the delivery of high-quality care for people living with dementia in long-term care and community-based settings during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Lynne Katzmann, Ph.D., and Juniper Communities have displayed foresight and innovation over the past three decades.
Learn how to maintain person-centered engagement and connection for residents even amid social distancing, restrictions on visitors and other precautions due to COVID-19.
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In response to my blog last week, I heard from several readers who shared the creative actions their senior living communities are taking to keep residents healthy and active socially, physically and cognitively.
“The question all state officials must consider is whether the risk of introducing a virus with an estimated 30% or higher mortality rate into a nursing home or assisted living community outweighs the risk of hospitals being overcrowded,” the American Health Care Association / National Center for Assisted Living and AMDA – The Society for Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medicine said in a joint statement released Sunday.
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, Relief, and Economic Security Act” or “CARES Act,” into law on Friday. Read other COVID-19-related updates here, too.
Senior living residents and their family members have a better perception of the quality of care that operators are providing during the COVID-19 pandemic than do those who aren’t connected to senior living, according to a new survey.
Argentum’s Senior Living Executive Conference, originally planned for May 18 to 20 in Tampa, FL, will now be a virtual-only event held Sept. 22 to 24.
