The senior living industry’s reinvention as a healthcare player just received a notable setback. In a court room, of all places. As McKnight’s Senior Living recently reported, a circuit court judge...
Dealing with senior living’s triple threat
By
John O'Connor
Oct 05, 2023
AHCA/NCAL President and CEO Mark Parkinson, addressing the opening session of the organizations’ 2023 convention, singled out three nightmares the long-term care sector finds itself dealing with.
US resumes free COVID-19 test program
Sep 21, 2023
The government’s investment will pay for about 200 million tests to replenish the country’s stockpile.
DEA: Extend COVID telehealth prescribing rules – for now
By
John O'Connor
May 05, 2023
With the end of the public health emergency for the outbreak rapidly approaching, the Drug Enforcement Administration has submitted plans to continue prescription flexibilities for telemedicine that were...
What COVID-19 has taught senior living operators
By
John O'Connor
Mar 16, 2023
This might be a good time to size up COVID’s key lessons for senior living operators. Three clearly stick out.
Your favorite columns of 2022
Dec 21, 2022
COVID-19 and its related challenges, as well as regulation and incontinence, drew reader attention in 2022, according to analytics related to website visitors, newsletter readers and social media followers...
Maybe the worst really is over
By
John O'Connor
Nov 10, 2022
For two solid years, the pandemic has been doing some very nasty things to the senior living sector. But if recent earnings calls are any indication, happier days may be here again.
Biden tests negative for COVID-19 again, leaves isolation
Aug 08, 2022
The president, who is fully vaccinated and boosted, first tested positive for COVID-19 on July 21.
In COVID ‘rebound,’ Biden tests positive for second day in a row
Aug 01, 2022
Despite the test results, the president “has experienced no reemergence of symptoms and continues to feel quite well.”
Biden tests negative for COVID-19, ends isolation period
Jul 27, 2022
Biden will wear a ‘well-fitting’ face mask for 10 days anytime he is around others.