A sizable portion of the U.S. hospitality workforce is out of work thanks to the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic — and if senior living providers want to hire them, now is the time to start reaching out. That’s according to Adam Kaplan, founder and CEO of Solera Senior Living. The Denver-based provider, which has three communities […]
Last week, Phoenix Senior Living got the news every other provider is dreading right now: three of its residents at a community in Canton, Georgia, had symptoms of Covid-19, the disease caused by the novel coronavirus. Days later, all three had a presumptive positive test result. For the Roswell, Georgia-based senior living provider, the moment […]
The impact of the Covid-19 pandemic has yet to seriously impact the construction industry, but experts believe that it is a matter of when, not if, the crisis will have deleterious effects on construction timetables, supply chains and an already shallow labor pool. For expensive construction projects such as senior housing, that can lead to […]
Assisted living and skilled nursing facilities across the U.S. already contending with acute shortages in personal protective equipment amidst the evolving Covid-19 pandemic will soon run out of supplies unless drastic and creative actions are taken. Without such action, 20% of assisted living and skilled nursing facilities will run out of PPE inventory within the […]
Assisted living communities that have on-site primary care could gain a range of benefits — including advantages in battling Covid-19. However, bringing primary care into assisted living is not for the faint of heart, according to Brian Cloch, Principal at Innovative Health. “This is really, really hard,” he said, during a recent interview for the […]
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has temporarily expanded telehealth services to include all Medicare beneficiaries, and senior living residents may stand to benefit as a result. CMS announced on Tuesday that Medicare will now pay clinicians to provide telehealth services on a temporary basis for beneficiaries who live across the country, and […]
Relatively few senior living communities across the United States are dealing with diagnosed cases of Covid-19 within their walls, but every community has been struck by one serious effect of the pandemic: fear. “This is creating a lot of anxiety for our residents and our families and our team members,” Chris Guay, founder and CEO […]
Local bans on public gatherings to prevent the spread of Covid-19 have shuttered restaurants, bars and nightclubs across the country, leaving many suddenly out of work or uncertain where their next paycheck will come from. But the senior living industry could help absorb some of the blow by hiring these workers, which would also fill […]
