Capital Senior Living has made “significant adjustments” to its operating model in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, Chief Operating Officer Brandon Ribar said Tuesday on the company’s fourth-quarter and full-year 2019 earnings call.
Senior living operators are finding visible ways to recognize their employees for their efforts during the COVID-19 pandemic. Read more, and learn how to submit your photos.
With most senior living and long-term care facilities restricting visitors and asking residents to stay in their rooms alone for most of the day, some families have decided that their older adult loved ones might be better off moving out of these settings and back into a family home during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to an article published Monday on CNN.com. Industry groups don’t agree.
A provider organization in Texas is educating residents, families and the general public about the relative safety of senior living communities and nursing homes during the COVID-19 pandemic after a public official recommended people move their loved ones out of such settings.
New guidance released Monday by the Alzheimer’s Association in collaboration with 34 long-term care industry associations and operators is designed to help ensure the delivery of high-quality care for people living with dementia in long-term care and community-based settings during the COVID-19 pandemic.
On Saturday, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services announced that it is expanding its accelerated and advance payment program for Medicare providers to ensure that they have the resources to fight COVID-19. The move was part of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act, which President Trump signed into law on Friday.
The Department of Labor released updated questions and answers regarding the Families First Coronavirus Response Act Saturday, and provided guidance categorizing senior living providers as “health care providers” under the act. The move means operators will be excluded from requirements that certain companies with fewer than 500 workers provide up to 12 days of paid leave for employees who need to care for children due to school closures.
Learn how to maintain person-centered engagement and connection for residents even amid social distancing, restrictions on visitors and other precautions due to COVID-19.
In response to my blog last week, I heard from several readers who shared the creative actions their senior living communities are taking to keep residents healthy and active socially, physically and cognitively.
Knowing the difference between normal and extreme anxiety can help providers triage behavioral health care needs.
