Lois A. Bowers

Lois has spent almost her entire career covering healthcare, the business of healthcare and related topics via journalism or public relations. She holds a master's degree in journalism and mass communication from Kent State University (media management) and is the recipient of the Jesse H. Neal National Business Journalism Award as well as other honors.

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AHCA / NCAL, AMDA blast ‘short-sighted’ plans to discharge people with COVID-19 from hospitals to long-term care facilities

Lois A. Bowers

March 30, 2020

“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.

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President signs CARES Act with $2.2 trillion in COVID-19 relief, extends national shutdown to April 30

Lois A. Bowers

March 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, Relief, and Economic Security Act” or “CARES Act,” into law on Friday. Read other COVID-19-related updates here, too.

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Survey: 71% of senior living residents, families happy with care during pandemic; non-residents still skeptical

Lois A. Bowers

March 30, 2020

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.

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Argentum annual conference goes virtual, moves to September

Lois A. Bowers

March 30, 2020

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.

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Exclusive: NIC chief economist shares 6 ways COVID-19 could affect senior living

Lois A. Bowers

March 27, 2020

The coronavirus situation is changing rapidly, but National Investment Center for Seniors Housing and Care Chief Economist Beth Burnham Mace recently spent some quality social distancing time on the telephone with McKnight’s Senior Living to share her insights on where things stand and where they might be headed.

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PPE hoarding, price gouging now a crime, attorney general says; CEO cites ‘misplaced hierarchy’ for equipment

Lois A. Bowers

March 27, 2020

It is now a crime to hoard or price-gouge personal protective equipment, drugs and certain other health and medical resources that are scarce or threatened and needed to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic, U.S. Attorney General William Barr said Thursday, while the CEO of a large senior living company lamented that hospitals seem to be getting PPE at the expense of senior living.

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House prepares to vote on $2 trillion stimulus bill as US ranks No. 1 in world for COVID-19 cases

Lois A. Bowers

March 27, 2020

As the House of Representatives prepared Thursday to vote on the $2 trillion “Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act” or “CARES Act” this morning, Johns Hopkins University ranked the U.S. in the unenviable position of No. 1 country in the world for confirmed cases of COVID-19, at 83,507 cases compared with China’s 81,782 and Italy’s 80,589.

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Industry ‘steps up advocacy’ and sees priorities funded in $2 trillion COVID-19 relief package passed in Senate

Lois A. Bowers

March 26, 2020

Senior living industry advocates said Wednesday they were pleased that their calls and letters had an impact on the $2 trillion stimulus package passed in the Senate. The legislation includes many of the priorities the senior living industry had been advocating for.

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ACHCA reschedules annual meeting for Aug. 30 to Sept. 2

March 26, 2020

The American College of Health Care Administrators has rescheduled its 2020 Convocation & Expo for Aug. 30 to Sept. 2 in New Orleans.

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Reports: COVID-19 forces relocation of 94 residents from senior home, governor gives a ‘shoutout’ to facility that helps

Lois A. Bowers

March 26, 2020

Residents from St. Joseph’s Senior Home Assisted Living & Nursing Center in Woodbridge, NJ, were relocated to another long-term care community 30 miles away on Wednesday after several residents and caregivers tested positive for COVID-19 and several additional residents were “presumed positive.”

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Lois A. Bowers

Most recent articles by Lois A. Bowers

AHCA / NCAL, AMDA blast ‘short-sighted’ plans to discharge people with COVID-19 from hospitals to long-term care facilities

President signs CARES Act with $2.2 trillion in COVID-19 relief, extends national shutdown to April 30

Survey: 71% of senior living residents, families happy with care during pandemic; non-residents still skeptical

Argentum annual conference goes virtual, moves to September

Exclusive: NIC chief economist shares 6 ways COVID-19 could affect senior living

PPE hoarding, price gouging now a crime, attorney general says; CEO cites ‘misplaced hierarchy’ for equipment

House prepares to vote on $2 trillion stimulus bill as US ranks No. 1 in world for COVID-19 cases

Industry ‘steps up advocacy’ and sees priorities funded in $2 trillion COVID-19 relief package passed in Senate

ACHCA reschedules annual meeting for Aug. 30 to Sept. 2

Reports: COVID-19 forces relocation of 94 residents from senior home, governor gives a ‘shoutout’ to facility that helps

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