A bill requiring assisted living operators to inform prospective residents of a community’s emergency power preparations is headed to a governor’s office for signing after it passed in both houses of a state General Assembly.
The governor of the country’s most populous state called for a new “master plan on aging” and announced a new Alzheimer’s task force, to be headed by a celebrity, Tuesday during his first State of the State address to a joint session of the state legislature.
A bill introduced Thursday would create the position of “aging czar” to lead a 15-member task force that would develop a master plan to address challenges related to long-term care and aging.
As the legal use of marijuana for medical purposes becomes more widespread in states across the country, senior living community operators are encountering challenges with serving their residents while complying with the law.
A bill that would regulate electronic monitoring in resident rooms of assisted living communities, nursing homes and similar facilities is moving through a state’s legislative process with the support of provider organizations, whose leaders expect it to become law.
Assisted living communities in Minnesota would be licensed via a new multi-tiered system under a proposal that state Health Commissioner Jan Malcolm shared during a state senate hearing last week.
Senior living in Oregon is gaining in popularity at the expense of skilled nursing facilities, according to a recently released report. And that’s just the way the state wants it.
Thirty Alzheimer’s disease research projects will be funded with $4.8 million in funding announced Monday by Florida Gov. Rick Scott and the state Department of Health, and some of the efforts will involve assisted living communities.
Arkansas lawmakers on a key committee approved a measure that dramatically cuts Medicaid payments to assisted living operators.
