Medicaid rates boost LTC Properties amid occupancy struggles and cyberattack during 2Q
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jul 30, 2024
The second quarter went “generally according to plan” except for challenges with occupancy issues at some assisted living communities operated by one company and a major cyberattack that disrupted...
How AI could open doors to better care, smoother long-term care operations
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jun 30, 2024
Aging services organizations already are using artificial intelligence, whether or not they realize it.
While some aging services providers last week warned that more scrutiny of healthcare consolidation and rules that seek to limit it further could create “unintended consequences,” others encouraged...
Biden administration asks court to revive workplace vaccine mandate
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Nov 24, 2021
The Biden administration has asked the 6th Circuit Court of Appeals to reinstate a federal workplace COVID-19 vaccine and testing mandate after the enforcement was suspended.
‘Catastrophic human consequences’ if older Americans chopped from $3.5 trillion spending bill, CEO...
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Oct 25, 2021
ATLANTA — If negotiators of President Biden’s $3.5 trillion Build Back Better plan put the needs of older Americans “on the chopping block,” it would be “one of their greatest failures ever”...
Pandemic ‘was like the devil walked through and was invisible’: McKnight’s ‘Distinction’ panelists
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
May 20, 2021
Operating through the pandemic was like working with a ghost that was impossible to grasp, leading to feelings of failure among senior living and care leaders. But the pandemic also refocused priorities.
Campaign urges Congress to end ‘national nightmare’ of COVID-19 and protect older adults, caregivers
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jun 18, 2020
The Act for Older Adults campaign calls for a comprehensive relief package, including ‘hero’ pay and paid sick leave for care providers, and a $100 billion emergency fund.