Visitation bill could have unintended consequences for assisted living, advocates say
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Feb 04, 2022
Legislation aimed at strengthening resident and patient visitation rights in Florida healthcare settings could have unintended consequences for assisted living communities, according to some senior living...
50 National Guard members activated to help Utah LTC facilities, hospitals ease staffing shortages
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Feb 03, 2022
The Utah National Guard’s COVID-19 Joint Task Force has activated approximately 50 service members statewide, according to Tuesday’s official statement from the National Guard. The move is meant to...
Kentucky lawmakers make ‘essential caregiver’ program permanent
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Feb 02, 2022
“Essential caregiver” provisions set to expire this past Monday were given a lifeline by Kentucky legislators who made the visitation program permanent.
Proposed bill ‘modernizing’ assisted living ‘long overdue’: senior living advocates
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Feb 01, 2022
Senate Bill 11 will “modernize and strengthen oversight and care” of assisted living residents by transitioning services from a certification model to a licensure model, according to main sponsor Sen....
Pressures mount for staffing agencies accused of price gouging long-term care operators
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jan 31, 2022
While senior living and other long-term care leaders are being joined by other healthcare groups, and even members of Congress, to call for federal action against price-gouging by temporary staffing agencies,...
More news for Monday, Jan. 31
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jan 31, 2022
GAO labels HHS at ‘high risk’ for mismanaging future crises like COVID-19 … 5th person pleads guilty to multi-million fraudulent prize notice scheme affecting seniors … Kentucky on track to extend...
Staffing flexibility does little to address long-term workforce crisis, leaders say
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jan 26, 2022
Flexibility tied to staff certification is aimed at helping Maryland’s assisted living communities and other long-term care facilities, pharmacies and hospitals address staffing shortages amidst the...
California continues investment in aging services, workforce development
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jan 25, 2022
As California celebrates the first anniversary of its Master Plan for Aging, Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) released his 2022-23 budget proposal to make additional investments in aging priorities, including supporting...
Attorneys general from 27 states ask OSHA to withdraw COVID vaccine mandate
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Ron Rajecki
Jan 21, 2022
The attorneys general from 27 states sent a letter to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration on Wednesday, asking the agency to withdraw its COVID-19 vaccination-and-testing mandate for large...
New Jersey requires senior living workers to be vaccinated, boosted; providers fear devil of a time
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Ron Rajecki
Jan 21, 2022
New Jersey senior living providers are concerned that a new executive order requiring full COVID-19 vaccination and booster shots of healthcare workers at assisted living communities, nursing homes and...