The death of a memory care resident who eloped undetected from a community in Oregon has prompted the state governor to call for an external…
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Assisted living communities no longer are included in legislation tightening controls on the use of psychotropic medications in long-term care facilities. Assembly Bill A7467B /…
Assisted living and other long-term care providers in Pennsylvania are backing a slate of bills and a budget boost they say will help keep them…
A bill is seeking to increase the capacity of assisted living communities in California to address the growing demand for housing and care among the…
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…
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…
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…