All assisted living communities and nursing homes in Montana will be required to participate in surveillance testing of staff members and residents as a condition of allowing visitors, Gov. Steve Bullock announced this week, saying he would ask the state Department of Public Health and Human Services issue an emergency order with the stipulation.
As New York’s assisted living communities prepare for the next phase of reopening, they are adopting a “new normal” for operating that will include new best practices in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic.
The state of Connecticut will pay a research firm $450,000 to conduct an independent review of the state’s COVID-19 response in assisted living communities and nursing homes, Gov. Ned Lamont announced Tuesday.
As a coronavirus-caused recession continues to take hold, state and local governments are being forced to cut back support to schools, health programs and other support services, the Wall Street Journal reported Wednesday. The implication for senior living and care operators: Medicaid and other funding support might get squeezed.
The federal government should extend the public health emergency declaration beyond July 26 and prioritize assisted living communities and nursing homes when a COVID-19 vaccination becomes available, American Health Care Association / National Center for Assisted Living said Monday in a letter to Health and Human Services Secretary Alex M. Azar.
Florida jumped nine places from 2019 to claim the top spot as best U.S. state for retirement in 2020, according to a new report.
Regulatory reforms are coming for assisted living community and personal care home operators in Georgia after Gov. Brian Kemp signed a bill imposing staffing, training and financial reporting requirements.
Some of the fastest-growing occupations in New York between 2016 and 2026 are expected to be positions found in senior living communities and other healthcare settings, according to an annual report on trends in the healthcare workforce in New York.
Assisted living communities in Virginia will receive $20 million from the state to support their responses to COVID-19, Gov. Ralph Northam announced Friday. The state also has begun naming facilities where cases and deaths due to COVID-19 have occurred, he said.
New York lawmakers have introduced legislation to hold senior living communities accountable “for harm and damages incurred” during the COVID-19 pandemic by repealing a blanket immunity law that shielded facilities from legal action.
