Workforce, advocacy, provider support comprise new LeadingAge strategic plan
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Apr 18, 2024
WASHINGTON, DC—On the second day of LeadingAge’s Leadership Summit 2024 here, Board Chair Roberto Muñiz, president and CEO of New Jersey-based Parker Health Group, urged members to share their stories...
Bill promises ‘generational investment’ in senior living and care workforce
By
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...
Current federal efforts targeting care economy ‘miss the mark,’ industry advocates say
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Apr 10, 2024
As a kickoff to Caregivers Month, President Biden spoke Tuesday about the “care economy” at Washington, DC’s Union Station, celebrating the contributions of care workers across the country. Senior...
2 organizations are working to promote social connections in senior living
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Apr 10, 2024
Two organizations are working to promote social connections in all types of settings, including senior living communities, according to a senior policy analyst who spoke Monday during a LeadingAge member...
LeadingAge, AHCA, among organizations at White House to discuss Change Healthcare cyber-emergency
By
Aaron Dorman
Mar 14, 2024
The White House convened a meeting Tuesday with top long-term care and healthcare organizations, including AHCA and LeadingAge, about the Change Healthcare issue.
Senate unanimously passes family caregiver support bill
By
Lois A. Bowers
Feb 26, 2020
A respite program for family caregivers would receive $10 million annually under a bipartisan bill unanimously passed by voice vote in the Senate on Monday. The bill, backed by LeadingAge and dozens of...
Provider groups call for immediate implementation of RAISE Family Caregivers Act
By
Lois A. Bowers
Jul 06, 2018
The American Health Care Association / National Center for Assisted Living, LeadingAge and 72 other national organizations, in a June 28 letter, urged Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar to begin...
CMS dementia care pilot program to expand care delivery options
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Aug 01, 2023
Assisted living residents may be part of a new Medicare dementia care model that will test an alternative payment for family caregivers while expanding care delivery options to allow people living with...
Groups back Clinton’s proposed tax credit for LTSS
By
Lois A. Bowers
Nov 23, 2015
On the heels of the release of a new study about the financing of long-term services and supports in the United States, two organizations representing senior living providers are expressing approval for...
Providers need ‘meaningful aid,’ groups say as president unveils executive order
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Apr 19, 2023
Building a pipeline of professional caregivers and then retaining them in long-term care are some of the goals of an executive order signed Tuesday by President Biden. Provider groups responded by calling...