State’s regulators under fire for not imposing ‘meaningful’ punishment on operators
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Dec 04, 2023
If provider punishments in Maine ramp up in the near future, operators won’t need to look far for the catalyst.
Bill promises ‘generational investment’ in senior living and care workforce
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Apr 17, 2024
Proposed federal legislation would make a “generational investment” in the senior living and care workforce at a time when the aging population is growing exponentially and an increasing number of...
NY assisted living providers hopeful for rate bump for Medicaid-funded program
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Mar 20, 2024
While New York State nursing homes are hoping to make up Medicaid funding shortfalls 16 years in the making, senior living providers are hopeful that a comparable Medicaid increase for the Medicaid-funded...
Employee handbook language makes senior living provider’s arbitration policy ‘unenforceable,’ court...
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jul 31, 2023
A senior living provider’s employee arbitration agreement is “unenforceable” because the company reserved the right to unilaterally alter the policy without advance notice, a court has ruled.
Resident falls cost providers $380,000 per year, on average: report
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Sep 28, 2022
From quality of care to labor shortages, fall-prevention strategies can have enormous transformative effects on senior living and care businesses. Falls cost the average community or facility $380,000...
Senators propose three ways to address senior living workforce challenges
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Nov 13, 2023
State lawmakers in Pennsylvania have promised to advance a package of bills that would address workforce challenges among senior living and other long-term care providers in the Keystone State.
‘Divine inspiration’ leads assisted living provider to offer grant program for prospects on a budget
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
May 26, 2023
One lucky older adult struggling to find the right assisted living community will earn a one-year stay at Michigan community thanks to a grant program.
Resident-based program ponders aging challenges, develops solutions
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Mar 23, 2023
A brain health program at an Oklahoma continuing care retirement community has morphed into a solutions-based group looking for ways to help older adults stay independent longer.
Criminal penalties now tied to elder abuse convictions in Iowa
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jun 21, 2022
Elder abuse charges now carry criminal penalties after Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds (R) signed a measure into law last week.
75 percent of providers pay commissions to sales, marketing staff: survey
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jun 21, 2022
Seventy-five percent of not-for-profit senior living providers pay commissions to their marketing and sales staffs, with quarterly and bi-weekly payments common, according to the results of a recent Ziegler...