Don’t sit on these revenue-generating opportunities
Creating a virtual marketplace represents a tremendous business opportunity for innovators who want to see their residents and local older adults thrive.
Coronavirus / COVID-19
Senior living’s call for Provider Relief Fund reporting extension answered with HHS revisions
Senior living providers have a little more time to spend down federal Provider Relief Funds, along with eased reporting requirements, thanks to an extension from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
Enlivant reaches 90 percent vaccination rate for workers, residents; still reaching for 100 percent
Enlivant announced Friday that 90% of its workers and residents have been vaccinated against COVID-19 through its “Together We Can Do It” campaign.
FDA: J&J contaminated COVID-19 vaccine doses must be discarded
The plant responsible for the contamination has been closed for two months; the FDA has not yet decided whether it can reopen.
CDC calls emergency meeting on heart inflammation link to COVID-19 vaccines
The agency has identified 226 reports so far that may meet its ‘working case definition’ of myocarditis and pericarditis.
Expiration dates on Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine extended
The FDA has added six weeks based on data from the company’s ongoing studies on the vaccine’s stability.
OSHA announces COVID-19-related safety rules for senior living, other healthcare workplaces
Assisted living communities and other healthcare settings will be required to conduct hazard assessments and have written plans to mitigate the spread of the coronavirus under new workplace safety rules issued by the federal government on Thursday.
New OSHA safety rule covers home healthcare workers
The emergency temporary standard (ETS) announced Thursday by the Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) includes home health workers.
OSHA’s carrot-and-stick COVID-19 safety rule
The rule seems to provide a no-brainer course of action for home health. That is to encourage, implore and, if necessary, incentivize vaccinations among staff.
New OSHA standard requires paid time off for vaccination, COVID case tracking and notification
Masking and social distancing remain at forefront of a new emergency temporary standard for healthcare workers issued by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational and Health Administration. The standard aims to protect healthcare workers from contracting COVID-19 as the economy begins to re-open across the country.
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