The Georgia-based senior living operator is choosing to house discharged older hospital patients with COVID-19 as some industry groups are opposing orders from state governments that would restrict providers in their ability to deny such admissions.
The safety and well-being of frontline workers in senior living and skilled nursing must be prioritized in order to ensure that older adults receive the care they need and that the spread of COVID-19 is minimized, leaders of professional organizations serving the industry said in a unified message released Thursday. Meanwhile, also on Thursday, Bloomfield, NJ-based Juniper Communities said it had begun testing all residents and employees for COVID-19 at the communities it owns.
Toledo, OH-based real estate investment trust Welltower announced several steps late Wednesday that the firm has taken in recent weeks to strengthen its balance sheet and enhance its liquidity profile.
The American Health Care Association/National Center for Assisted Living released a series of frequently asked questions and answers about the Medicare Accelerated and Advance Payment program Thursday, to supplement the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services fact sheet on the topic.
The governors of Florida and Georgia announced new stay-at-home orders in relation to the COVID-19 pandemic. Georgia also said it would be working with the Georgia Center for Assisted Living and other groups as 100 National Guard members were deployed to senior living and care facilities in the state.
Park Terrace, a Kisco Senior Living independent living, assisted living and memory care community in Rancho Santa Margarita, CA, has opened a childcare center to address the needs of workers who are serving residents while schools and daycare programs are closed due to the state’s shelter-in-place order.
Smaller senior living and skilled nursing operators overwhelmed by the financial fallout from the coronavirus pandemic can soon tap into a federal bailout fund to pay bills and keep workers on the payroll—and if they meet the requirements, operators won’t need to make repayments.
Employees at the Evangelical Lutheran Good Samaritan Society are receiving a boost in their April paychecks in response to the financial challenges many are facing amidst the COVID-19 pandemic.
A new study co-authored by an MIT economist shows that taking care of public health first helps generate a stronger economic rebound later.
It looks like economists soon will be confirming something else that’s in the air: an economic recession.
