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Audit calls for better oversight, more penalties for assisted living communities
By The Citizen on June 17, 2025
A state audit of Georgia’s personal care home program, which includes assisted living, has found that the state oversight agency should meet already-established timelines for…
Senior living groups challenge staffing, training requirements in first-ever dementia care standards
By The Citizen on June 2, 2025
Arizona senior living provider groups are challenging the need for the training and staffing requirements contained in regulations establishing the state’s first-ever dementia care standards…
Provider groups worry about timeline to implement new memory care certification requirements
By The Citizen on May 30, 2025
Senior living industry advocates in Washington state are embracing new certification requirements for assisted living communities that provide memory care services, but they remain concerned…
Updated assisted living regulations, ‘many years in the making,’ contain new staffing requirements, more
By The Citizen on May 30, 2025
New assisted living regulations that were “many years in the making” have been finalized, with Maryland senior living organizations working to support providers as they…
Higher staffing level requirements removed from proposed assisted living rule
By The Citizen on May 29, 2025
Proposed increases to staffing ratios that senior living industry experts said could threaten the viability of Maine’s assisted living communities have been pushed aside in…
States bills tackle backup power, safety, Alzheimer’s, HCBS
By The Citizen on May 28, 2025
While California lawmakers consider backup power requirements in assisted living communities, Texas and Maryland lawmakers have adopted legislation aimed at increasing safety in senior living…
Bills to increase assisted living access on legislative agendas in Massachusetts, Colorado
By The Citizen on May 27, 2025
Improving access to assisted living is the goal behind bills proposed in Massachusetts and recently passed in Colorado. In Massachusetts, lawmakers are considering several bills…
Dementia bills covering testing, training, support passed by state legislatures
By The Citizen on May 21, 2025
Several states wrapped up their legislative sessions by approving legislation that affects individuals living with dementia and their families, according to the Alzheimer’s Association. Testing…
2 bills aim to help Pennsylvania address senior living workforce challenges
By The Citizen on May 21, 2025
Senior living groups are supporting two bills they say would help address Pennsylvania’s long-term care workforce challenges. SB 114 and SB 115 address pathways to…
Proposed bill aims to bring transparency to senior living referral relationships
By The Citizen on May 19, 2025
Efforts to bring greater transparency into how senior living referral companies work are being debated by Wisconsin lawmakers. AB 255 would impose several requirements related…
Bill would continue Alzheimer’s awareness campaign, but senior living says it should be just a start
By The Citizen on May 7, 2025
Arizona lawmakers are considering a bill that would fund a media campaign expanding awareness of Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias. Senior living experts, however, say…
Industry, resident advocates collaborate to strengthen CCRC regulations
By The Citizen on May 5, 2025
An industry association and group representing residents have come together to form a workgroup to review and strengthen regulations for Florida’s continuing care retirement communities…
Blood clot information to become required in assisted living admissions packet
By The Citizen on May 2, 2025
A state bill targeting education and training on blood clots would require assisted living communities to provide new residents with information on risk factors and…
Fate of $3 billion dementia research institute lies in hands of Texas voters
By The Citizen on April 30, 2025
Texas lawmakers passed a bill creating a research institute focused on brain disorders, including Alzheimer’s disease and Parkinson’s disease. Now, taxpayers are about to be…
Docuseries shines light on caregivers, careers in senior living
By The Citizen on April 23, 2025
The untold and often overlooked stories of workers in assisted living and other areas of long-term care are at the heart of a new docuseries…
Dementia care standards, tort reform, Medicaid funding among areas state lawmakers are targeting
By The Citizen on April 17, 2025
State legislators have been busy considering legislation affecting assisted living operators around the country, including bills addressing dementia care standards, torte reform and Medicaid funding.…
Proposed assisted living rule changes could cause providers ‘significant harm,’ advocates say
By The Citizen on April 14, 2025
Substantive proposed changes to rules governing Maine’s assisted living and residential care communities across the state were developed without meaningful provider input and will accelerate…
Attorney general files motion to join civil lawsuit over assisted living resident’s death
By The Citizen on April 8, 2025
Arizona’s top prosecutor has filed a motion to intervene in a civil lawsuit brought against an assisted living community being sued over the death of…
State lawmakers take on various issues touching assisted living
By The Citizen on April 7, 2025
State lawmakers across the country are delving into a variety of issues that touch assisted living communities, including improving communication, increasing transparency, expanding the use…