Are seniors and their caregivers going to get a COVID booster? This AI tool already knows.
By
Aaron Dorman
Mar 21, 2024
A new tool uses AI to evaluate how likely an individual is to get a COVID booster shot based on demographic characteristics.
Judge presses pause on New York vaccine mandate
By
Diane Eastabrook
Oct 04, 2021
Unvaccinated New York healthcare workers have scored a temporary win against the state’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate.
Ruling strikes down vaccination mandate, but industry experts say it won’t help with hiring
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jan 30, 2023
A New York court ruling striking down the state’s COVID-19 vaccination mandate for healthcare workers won’t have much of an impact on senior living providers who continue to face a workforce crisis,...
Governors lose support in states without COVID vaccine mandates: Survey
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Oct 19, 2021
As the Occupational Health and Safety Administration prepares to release its emergency temporary standard mandating COVID-19 vaccination for employers with 100 or more workers, some governors are resisting...
US to drop most COVID-19 vaccine mandates next week as emergency ends
May 02, 2023
White House COVID-19 coordinator Ashish Jha said the goal now is to continue to encourage vaccinations.
Vaccine mandates affecting home health workers likely to spur more legal challenges
By
Diane Eastabrook
Sep 21, 2021
The federal COVID-19 vaccine mandate affecting home healthcare workers is likely to draw a number of legal challenges, especially when it comes to medical and religious exemptions.
Thousands may be headed back to work after ruling on COVID-19 staff vaccine mandate
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Oct 14, 2021
Thousands of healthcare workers suspended for not complying with New York’s COVID-19 vaccination mandate could be headed back to the front lines after a federal judge extended an order Tuesday requiring...
As COVID-19 vaccine mandate challenges play out, assisted living providers are stuck in ‘doughnut hole’...
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Dec 02, 2021
A federal COVID-19 vaccine-or-test mandate was hit with another lawsuit Monday, which challenged the government’s authority to issue such a mandate and called the mandate a “gross abuse” of government...
Assisted living association calls on state to extend COVID-19 vaccine mandate to senior living
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Aug 16, 2021
An assisted living association in Massachusetts is calling on the state to expand a COVID-19 vaccine mandate to its members’ workers in senior living. The organization also voiced its support for providers...
The new test case for vaccine mandates? New York home care workers may show the way
By
Diane Eastabrook
Sep 28, 2021
New York soon may become the bellwether on how unvaccinated home care workers will respond to COVID-19 vaccine mandates.
