Report offers strategies, resources for operating during public health emergencies
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Sep 29, 2020
A new report from the federal COVID-19 Healthcare Resilience Working Group calls on post-acute and long-term care facilities, including assisted living communities, to adjust operations and standards of...
Providers should test 50% of staff, residents weekly even if coronavirus risk is low, researchers suggest
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Aug 31, 2020
A research study recommending weekly testing of staff and residents in skilled nursing facilities is applicable to assisted living communities looking to mitigate the spread of COVID-19, according to the...
Aging services leaders issue urgent plea for federal plan to end ‘national nightmare’ of COVID-19
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Lois A. Bowers
Aug 06, 2020
A federal plan is needed to end the “national nightmare” of the pandemic, the leaders of six national organizations representing aging services providers told the president, vice president and leaders...
Coalition of state attorneys general sue HHS over rollback on LGBT protections
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jul 28, 2020
A coalition of 23 state attorneys general are suing the Trump administration over a new rule they say allows healthcare discrimination targeting LGBTQ+ individuals, including those living in residential...
Senior living groups among 49 calling for ‘robust’ federal funding for COVID-19 testing
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Lois A. Bowers
Jul 27, 2020
LeadingAge, AMDA–The Society for Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medicine and the American Health Care Association are among 49 organizations urging Congress to prioritize “robust” federal funding...
Assisted living should be included in solution to COVID-19 crisis in long-term care, AMDA exec says
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jul 21, 2020
For all of its tragic outcomes, COVID-19 “presents an opportunity to do things differently and looking more systematically at large-scale solutions to care for older adults,” Christopher Laxton, executive...
International ‘pop-up’ coalition develops guidelines to include family presence in assisted living,...
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jun 08, 2020
A “pop-up” coalition of more than 60 international organizations has developed recommendations for family presence in senior living and other long-term care communities as well as hospitals following...
Senior living and care industry leaders speak out against racial inequity in COVID-19 pandemic, society
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jun 05, 2020
Senior living and care industry representatives are speaking out against racial inequity in response to rising protests across the country following the death of George Floyd and data on COVID-19 cases...
Assisted living communities left out of state COVID-19 testing, data initiatives
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
May 19, 2020
Associations representing assisted living operators are calling attention to the fact that in some states, assisted living communities are being left out of testing and data initiatives.
New task force to develop guidance for reopening senior living and care communities
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Lois A. Bowers
May 11, 2020
Representatives of more than 140 senior housing and care operators and members of four associations advocating for U.S. providers are joining forces with other groups in a new effort to provide guidance...