Senior living needs seat at emergency preparedness planning table: report
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Oct 06, 2020
The Connecticut state government should have worked more closely with assisted living communities and nursing homes in the early days of the pandemic to “prevent the tragic loss of life,” according...
Oakmont requests hearing as California passes emergency preparedness law
By
Lois A. Bowers
Sep 14, 2018
Oakmont Senior Living has requested a hearing about the potential shuttering of two of its California senior living communities over staff members’ alleged handling of resident evacuations during...
GAO, OSHA testify regarding Labor Department agency’s preparedness for future emergencies
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
May 26, 2022
The Occupational Health and Safety Administration’s role in protecting the nation’s long-term care and other workers, and the agency’s preparedness to act in the event of another public health emergency...
Assisted living’s ‘unique challenges’ warrant special attention in pandemic, emergency response...
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jun 16, 2021
The first national study of COVID-19-related mortality in U.S. assisted living communities shows a “crucial need” for specific attention to such residences in pandemic and other emergency responses.
HHS: Public health emergency likely to last rest of year
By
Lois A. Bowers
Jan 26, 2021
The federal public health emergency related to the coronavirus pandemic likely will extend through 2021, Acting Health and Human Services Secretary Norris Cochran said Friday in a letter to governors.
New laws address long-term care workforce wages, infectious disease preparedness
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Sep 18, 2020
New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy has signed a legislative package meant to address issues in the long-term care industry, including wages for frontline workers and response coordination for infectious disease...
Hurricane preparedness new experience for Sanford Health after Good Sam affiliation
By
Lois A. Bowers
Sep 09, 2019
Updating the disaster preparedness plan may not be the first order of business that comes to mind when contemplating an affiliation with another organization. But it’s an issue Sioux Falls, SD-based...
CCRC’s emergency plan put into action after double fatality on campus
By
Lois A. Bowers
Sep 25, 2018
A Maryland continuing care retirement community put its emergency preparedness plan into action Friday afternoon when a resident reportedly fatally shot his wife and then killed himself in a community...
Bomb in employee car sets emergency plan in motion
By
Lois A. Bowers
Sep 12, 2016
A Tennessee senior living community implemented its emergency preparedness plan on Saturday as a precaution after an employee found a bomb in her car at the end of her shift.
Arizona senior living event highlights importance of active shooter preparedness
By
Lois A. Bowers
Aug 01, 2016
An incident at an Arizona senior living community last week holds lessons for other providers regarding the importance of having an emergency preparedness plan in place that includes what to do in case...