Could COVID-19 vaccine mandates boost vaccine uptake — and are they legal?
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Amy Novotney
Jan 05, 2021
With healthcare workers at increased risk of contracting infectious diseases and transmitting them to vulnerable populations, the question of whether senior living and care facilities should mandate that...
Workers who resign over vaccine mandates may not be eligible for unemployment
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Amy Novotney
Sep 02, 2021
Long-term care workers who choose not to be vaccinated against COVID-19, despite an employer requiring it, could be denied state unemployment benefits, some experts now say.
Kentucky SNFs expect to lose at least 11% of workforce due to vaccine mandate
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Amy Novotney
Sep 07, 2021
Leaders from Kentucky’s long-term care industry implored state lawmakers Thursday to provide more support for its bruised and battered workforce.
Lawmakers in several states propose bills to ban employers from mandating COVID-19 vaccines
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Amy Novotney
Mar 10, 2021
Although only a handful of long-term care operators have gone the route of requiring employees to get a COVID-19 vaccine, some state legislators are working to pre-empt those mandates, according to a Washington...
Time is now for coordinating employee vaccine process: workplace safety expert
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Amy Novotney
Dec 08, 2020
Whether long-term care operators will mandate that their employees get a COVID-19 vaccine once one is available has been a topic of much discussion over the past several weeks.
DOL will soon announce new workplace rules in light of COVID
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Amy Novotney
Apr 28, 2021
After weeks of delay, the Labor Department has sent a draft of emergency workplace safety rules aimed at preventing the spread of COVID-19 to the Office of Management and Budget. The standards had been...
Pegasus Senior Living joins growing list of senior housing operators to mandate COVID-19 vaccines for...
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Amy Novotney
Sep 03, 2021
Dallas-based Pegasus Senior Living this week joined a growing list of senior living providers requiring that staff members be vaccinated against COVID-19. The firm announced Monday that all employees must...
Only ‘very small percent’ of LTC providers will require staff to get COVID vaccine: LeadingAge poll
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Amy Novotney
Jan 04, 2021
An informal poll conducted late last month by one LeadingAge state partner found that only a very small percent of long-term care operators plan to require a COVID-19 vaccine as a condition of employment,...
Most large employers expect to offer vaccines to employees on-site: survey
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Amy Novotney
Apr 06, 2021
Many large employers are expecting to offer COVID-19 vaccines on-site for workers by the end of the year, finds a survey released last week by the National Alliance of Healthcare Purchaser Coalitions....
Vaccine having positive impact on nonprofit senior living marketing and sales: survey
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Amy Novotney
Mar 19, 2021
More than 60% of senior living and care organizations are observing at least some positive effects on marketing and sales efforts since the rollout of the COVID-19 vaccine, according to a new Ziegler CFO...