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More news for Thursday, April 28
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Apr 28, 2022
Spiritual care visits now required in senior living in Arizona … Ruling rejects central premise of suit against WA’s LTC insurance program … One study says older adults not worried about aging in...
LTC insurance program survives first federal challenge but could see others at state level
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Apr 28, 2022
Washington state’s first-of-a-kind, public long-term care insurance program survived its first legal challenge this week, as Federal Judge Thomas S. Zilly ruled that he lacked jurisdiction.
CCRC faces lawsuit after allegedly rescinding job offer over medical marijuana use
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Apr 26, 2022
A continuing care retirement community is facing a civil rights discrimination lawsuit from a woman who claims that the community withdrew a job offer over her legal use of medical marijuana.
Operator cites pandemic in ending assisted living services
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Apr 25, 2022
A California senior living community is blaming the pandemic in announcing the end of its assisted living services after 60 years.
People in the news, April 12
By
Amy Novotney
Apr 12, 2022
Appointments, promotions and other news at Asbury, Benchmark Senior Living, Cardinal Ritter Senior Services, Cypress Cove, Distinctive Living, Enseo, GMK Associates, McGriff, Monarch Communities, National...
Biden makes national push for ‘long COVID’ research
Apr 06, 2022
Efforts will include speeding up the registrations of 40,000 people both with and without long COVID for a study on the condition.
Providers rethink pre-employment drug tests as marijuana use becomes legal in more states
By
Kimberly Marselas
Apr 01, 2022
With medical marijuana now legal in three-fourths of all states, some long-term care employers say that pre-employment testing is weeding out otherwise ideal job candidates.
National health spending could hit $6.8 trillion by 2030, CMS predicts
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Mar 29, 2022
National health spending should grow 4.2% for 2021, reaching nearly $4.3 trillion, according to estimates released Monday by the Office of the Actuary at the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. National...
Business briefs, March 25
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Mar 25, 2022
Senior living DEI survey going out next week … Bill would reform tax code to make long-term care insurance more affordable, accessible … Ventas shares yield above 3% mark