An assisted living caregiver who received a felony conviction last week in the exposure death of an 82-year-old resident will be sentenced next month for…
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New Jersey has released a blueprint in an effort to advance the state along an age-friendly path, and it has announced a $5.5 million grant…
Illinois has become the first state to legislatively enact a requirement for state employee health insurance to provide Alzheimer’s treatment coverage. State employees now will…
Although new laws in Georgia that create so-called safe-haven programs to protect healthcare professionals who seek mental health services are geared mainly toward physicians and…
A post-pandemic analysis of New Jersey’s long-term care industry, including assisted living, created an “aspirational vision” of what the industry could be, but the state’s…
The public health response to COVID-19 in assisted living communities in New York highlights the need to identify those communities at highest risk of infectious…
Foreign-born workers account for 27% of the nation’s direct care workforce, but many states maintain strict, English-only testing and training requirements that can prevent some…
Although North Carolina’s assisted living communities don’t employ large numbers of nurses, industry leaders noted that findings and recommendations from a state task force on…
Nebraska is “unnecessarily” segregating people who have serious mental illness in assisted living communities and day programs, violating federal disability laws, according to the Justice…
As the nation’s population of older adults increases the demand for senior living and other forms of long-term care, states are stepping up to provide…
A bill that would allow families to install electronic surveillance cameras in resident rooms in assisted living communities is moving through the Rhode Island Legislature.…
First responders in Virginia now will be required to undergo training to improve their professional interactions with people living with dementia, as well as their…
(Credit: courtneyk / Getty Images) An Oregon senior living community and the state agency that oversees long-term care facilities were hit with a $41 million…
(Credit: Ridofranz / Getty Images) Assisted living communities and nursing homes in South Dakota now can apply for $2 million in grants from the state…
The Wisconsin State Capitol, in Madison, Wisconsin (Credit: Ali Majdfar / Getty Images) Senior living providers in Wisconsin are asking lawmakers to act on a…