As the senior living industry awaits today’s scheduled vote by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices on how to implement COVID-19 booster shots for older adults and healthcare workers, providers are working behind the scenes to prepare for on-site clinics.
A $2.1 billion federal investment in infection prevention and control measures across the healthcare continuum — including $500 million for long-term care strike teams — is welcome news to the senior living industry, which continues to battle the coronavirus pandemic with limited resources and staffing shortages.
As House committees begin revealing their proposals to be included in the $3.5 trillion budget reconciliation package, senior living is reminding legislators not to forget older adults and their caregivers.
After months of applying pressure and campaigning for relief funding, senior living industry experts welcomed Friday’s announcement of the federal government’s release of $25.5 billion in new funding to cover COVID-related losses of healthcare providers, including assisted living operators.
President Biden late Thursday laid out a six-point COVID-19 action plan to combat the virus and protect the economy, but one senior living association executive called it “a path toward bankruptcy” for an industry that continues to feel neglected.
LeadingAge California and Richmond, VA-based care management company AllyAlign Health are partnering to offer Medicare Advantage special needs plans to cover long-term care residents across the continuum of care.
A California-based senior living operator has announced a COVID-19 booster shot mandate for its employees, when one becomes available, “to ensure the continued protection of our residents and one another.”
As information begins to trickle out from House committees hammering out plans for the $3.5 trillion reconciliation bill, affordable senior housing is positioned to benefit from a “historic investments” not seen in recent memory, according to industry representatives.
Senior living and skilled nursing provider organizations joined forces last week to ask the State Department to prioritize foreign-trained nurse and healthcare worker immigrant visas to help address the industry’s staffing crisis.
Maybe the fourth time’s the charm? Banking on the disproportionate impact of the pandemic on older adults, a group of lawmakers has reintroduced legislation to re-establish the House Permanent Select Committee on Aging.
