More than 60% of Minnesota’s assisted living communities and nursing homes have implemented programs allowing indoor visits by family members and essential caregivers, according to a joint survey from the state’s two largest senior living and care industry groups.
With the global coronavirus pandemic compounding workforce recruitment and retention issues for senior living providers, a senior living trade association is partnering with a career network to launch a caregiver certification and job placement program.
South Carolina released new guidance for limited outdoor visitation at assisted living communities and nursing homes on Tuesday, following criteria from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services and the state’s own long-term care testing guidelines.
An association representing more than 425 assisted living communities and nursing homes throughout New York is calling on the state to revise its “one-size-fits-all” pandemic policies on testing and visitation in those settings.
Assisted living and nursing home operators in Arizona have until this Friday to develop written policies addressing visitation limits, screening process and visiting locations, as well as share those policies with families and residents. The deadline comes after a state task force came up with guidelines for visitation to resume at such facilities in the state.
Colorado assisted living and other long-term care facilities will resume indoor visitation this week for the first time in more than five months if the state’s COVID-19 cases stay low and family members agree to wear masks and socially distance.
The Michigan Attorney General’s office on Thursday issued a cease and desist letter to 11 senior living communities throughout the state’s Lower Peninsula, along with their parent and management companies, saying that a $900 supplemental fee to cover COVID-related costs that allegedly was charged to residents could be an unlawful business practice.
Ohio hit the pause button two days into a statewide saliva-based testing initiative at all licensed assisted living communities in the state after “testing data inconsistencies” at some communities.
Virginia lawmakers are supporting a bill extending COVID-19 civil immunity protections to additional providers, including assisted living communities.
A Florida task force will recommend reopening assisted living communities and nursing homes to visitors, lifting a six-month COVID-19 moratorium. Some visitors would be allowed to get closer than six feet to residents.
