Omega Healthcare Investors sees positive momentum with agency labor use down, occupancy up
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
May 06, 2024
Omega Healthcare Investors sees positive momentum in its core portfolio of senior living communities and skilled nursing facilities as agency labor use declines and occupancy continues its steady improvement,...
Meet David Totaro, 2024 McKnight’s Pinnacle Awards ‘Agent of Change’ honoree
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Jessica R. Towhey
Apr 30, 2024
David Totaro took an unusual path to the long-term care sector, and his varied experience served him well as he developed a national, legislative advocacy program for BAYADA Hearts for Home Care.
Marianne Longo has been the chief clinical officer for care coordination, at Help at Home for less than a year, but she’s already made an indelible mark on the company’s program.
Assisted living model could be threatened by long-term care workforce proposal
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Apr 30, 2024
A proposed federal bill includes substantial new funding for long-term care workforce development, but it potentially threatens the assisted living model by including the setting with more clinical ones,...
Workforce, advocacy, provider support comprise new LeadingAge strategic plan
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Apr 18, 2024
WASHINGTON, DC—On the second day of LeadingAge’s Leadership Summit 2024 here, Board Chair Roberto Muñiz, president and CEO of New Jersey-based Parker Health Group, urged members to share their stories...
Dementia training for first responders required by new Virginia law
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Apr 29, 2024
First responders in Virginia now will be required to undergo training to improve their professional interactions with people living with dementia, as well as their caregivers.
Arizona AL community turns over control to third party amid abuse, fraud allegations
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Apr 26, 2024
An Arizona assisted living owner has turned over control of its community to a third-party receiver following allegations of elder abuse and consumer fraud.
Kristen Duell wasn’t satisfied with a successful career that brought her into the C-suite of two healthcare companies.
Biden administration sets nursing home staffing minimums
Apr 23, 2024
The first-ever minimum staffing rule has been set for nursing homes, the Biden administration announced Monday.
Bill promises ‘generational investment’ in senior living and care workforce
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Apr 17, 2024
Proposed federal legislation would make a “generational investment” in the senior living and care workforce at a time when the aging population is growing exponentially and an increasing number of...