Hurricane evacuations of assisted living residents raise risk of adverse outcomes
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
May 16, 2024
A study of more than 25,000 assisted living residents in Florida found that evacuation was associated with increased odds of emergency department use and nursing home placement within 30 days of a hurricane.
Risk assessments key to effective emergency preparedness plans
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
May 15, 2024
Emergency preparedness should be top of mind for all senior living providers, but the topic also is most likely to be shuffled off to the side until tragedy strikes.
State bills aim to address senior living workforce, access, dementia issues
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
May 15, 2024
As the nation’s population of older adults increases the demand for senior living and other forms of long-term care, states are stepping up to provide solutions and resources to address some hot topic...
Assisted living affordability among adults’ top cost concerns
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
May 14, 2024
The cost of assisted living, other long-term care settings and healthcare in general weighs heavily on the minds of older adults, according to the results of a new poll.
Preventing abuse in guardianship focus of proposed bill, final rule
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
May 09, 2024
Proposed legislation aims to reduce the potential for abuse of older adults and people with disabilities by creating public awareness about alternatives to guardianship, whereas a new federal final rule...
Assisted living staff need training to recognize, intervene in resident-to-resident aggression: study
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
May 08, 2024
A high prevalence of resident-to-resident aggression in assisted living communities points to a need for staff member training to recognize the causes of that aggression as well as clearer policy guidance...
Residency should not determine access to emergency services, including lift assists, leaders say
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
May 07, 2024
The senior living industry is pushing back against a Washington Post story about senior living providers’ use of 911 for lift assists, saying that where an older adult lives should not determine whether...
Senator seeks more than $853M for affordable senior housing
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
May 02, 2024
Sen. Robert Menendez (D-NJ) is circulating a letter among his colleagues on the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation, Housing and Urban Development urging support for an investment in Department...
Assisted living model could be threatened by long-term care workforce proposal
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Apr 30, 2024
A proposed federal bill includes substantial new funding for long-term care workforce development, but it potentially threatens the assisted living model by including the setting with more clinical ones,...
Person-centered care can address social isolation and loneliness
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Apr 30, 2024
Social isolation and loneliness gained attention during the COVID-19 pandemic and with a US Surgeon General’s advisory released last year, leading to new programs and ways to address the public health...