Affordable senior housing providers expected to ‘jump’ at ‘innovative’ mental health initiative
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Mar 09, 2022
Support and resources to help federally assisted affordable housing staff connect older adults to mental health services is “greatly needed and enthusiastically welcomed,” according to LeadingAge.
HHS offers providers access to $103 million for employee mental health programming
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jul 20, 2021
The federal government is making about $103 million in relief funding available to reduce burnout and promote mental health among senior living workers and others in healthcare.
Assisted living workers say employers ‘fall short’ in mental health support during pandemic: survey
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Apr 07, 2021
The majority of frontline healthcare workers participating in a new survey have experienced adverse mental health effects from the pandemic, and 58% of assisted living and nursing home employees believe...
More than 40 percent of assisted living communities do not provide mental health services: CDC
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Dec 07, 2020
More than 40% of all assisted living communities do not provide mental health services, despite the high prevalence of dementia and depression among residents, according to a new report from the Centers...
Senior living operators are using a balanced, data-driven approach to reopening communities during the COVID-19 pandemic by continuously assessing risk, mitigating transmission and monitoring progress...
Pandemic: Seniors feel better mentally, emotionally than middle-aged adults, but fewer plan to continue...
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Oct 04, 2021
During the pandemic, adults aged 65 or more years have fared better mentally and emotionally and as far as general quality of life than their counterparts aged 50 to 64, according to newly released results...
Pandemic’s shared experience in isolation helps drive social health conversation
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Apr 12, 2022
A Massachusetts task force to end loneliness and build community originated before COVID-19, but the pandemic raised awareness around isolation and shaped the experiences of the statewide coalition.
Address continuing COVID challenges by supporting workforce, public health expert urges
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Mar 03, 2022
COVID-19 immunity isn’t going to last, and everyone needs to mentally prepare for another potential surge come next fall, a public health expert warned Wednesday.
Raid on Provider Relief Fund ‘alarming and potentially detrimental’ to senior living caregivers,...
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jan 28, 2022
A report that $7 billion in Provider Relief Fund dollars meant to cover pandemic-related expenses for healthcare providers instead was used to buy COVID-19 vaccines and therapeutics is “alarming and...
Residential care workers have highest level of food insecurity among healthcare workers
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Sep 09, 2021
Low-wage healthcare workers in residential care facilities, including assisted living communities, were five times more likely to experience food insecurity compared with other healthcare workers, according...