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.
As the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a pandemic on Wednesday, citing 118,000 cases and 4,291 deaths in 114 countries, several states have imposed new rules on assisted living communities and skilled nursing facilities to prevent or control the spread of the disease. AMDA and ACHCA also made announcements about their annual meetings.
A bill that supporters say will modernize regulations for assisted living communities in Florida is on its way to Gov. Ron DeSantis after being passed unanimously by the state Senate and House.
Two Nebraska senior living communities are under quarantine, and two others are not allowing visitors “out of an abundance of caution” after the communities’ operator learned that an employee of one of the communities attended a Feb. 29 event at a local YMCA where another attendee became the first confirmed case of coronavirus 2019 disease (COVID-19) in the Cornhusker State.
A bill that would impose staffing ratios, additional staff training and new financial reporting requirements for Georgia assisted living communities quickly sailed through the House of Representatives. The measure now heads to the Senate.
Assisted living communities and nursing home leaders and potential leaders in Arizona will face heightened scrutiny after the findings of a recent state audit.
One of the country’s largest senior living operators is pushing back against a potential class action lawsuit in California, calling its claims “baseless” and “categorically false.” The outcome could affect operators across the country.
Assisted living communities and nursing homes no longer would have the authority to sign resident death certificates under a bill introduced in the Georgia General Assembly. Instead, long-term care facilities would be required to notify their county coroner’s office of each death, in case the office wanted to conduct an investigation.
Improving the information available about assisted living communities on state websites could help steer prospective residents and their families to communities that best meet their needs and minimize move-outs, say the authors of a study in The Gerontologist.
A New Jersey congressman is introducing a bill that would allow older adults in the state to avoid capital gains taxes when they sell their homes as long as they put the proceeds from the sale into a Roth IRA to be used in retirement.
