Following Senate Democrats’ vote on Wednesday to block a Republican $500 billion coronavirus stimulus proposal, LeadingAge is calling for Congress to quickly provide “real relief” for older adults and their caregivers that includes not just nursing homes, but also assisted living, affordable senior housing, home health and hospice.
Close to 60% of nonprofit senior housing providers surveyed by LeadingAge reported confirmed COVID-19 cases in their communities, raising concerns about the more than 2.5 million low-income older adults living in affordable senior housing.
The majority (69%) of affordable seniors housing providers say they are at least financially strained — if not severely financially strained — as a result of having to pay for personal protective equipment, cleaning supplies, thermometers, and other screening tools amid the ongoing pandemic. That’s according to a survey of 278 nonprofit seniors housing providers conducted by LeadingAge earlier this month.
It will take both a close-up look at COVID-19 effects and policies as well as a bigger-picture examination of payment and care delivery policies to get a clear view into what the future of senior living and care may look like in a post-COVID-19 world, according to Nicole Fallon, vice president of healthy policy and integrated services for LeadingAge.
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Assisted living and other long-term care communities beginning today can opt in to a federal program through which residents and staff members will be vaccinated against COVID-19 free of charge when a vaccine becomes available.
Thirty percent of long-term care-related deaths from COVID-19 in the United States have occurred in assisted living communities and other care homes, whereas 70% have taken place in nursing homes, according to the findings of a newly released international study.
Crisis causes focus. And during the COVID-19 crisis, top senior living industry leaders have combined efforts to amplify their voices and work toward a common goal of supporting older Americans.
A rapid-results antigen test trumps the more accurate lab-based test in mitigating the spread of COVID-19 in assisted living communities and other long-term care settings, Admiral Brett Giroir, assistant secretary for health at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services said Monday in a coronavirus policy update for LeadingAge members. Giroir is the federal lead for COVID-19 diagnostic testing efforts.
