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LeadingAge in the News Vaccinated and Still Isolated: The Ethics of Overprotecting Nursing Home Residents: Hastings Bioethics Forum (essay co-written by LeadingAge NY’s Karen Lipson)
April 21, 2021

LeadingAge in the News Community Health Workers Help Affordable Senior Housing Residents Age Successfully: Case Study: McKnight’s Senior Living (featuring LeadingAge’s Robyn Stone)
April 19, 2021

LeadingAge in the News J&J Vaccine Pause May be Short, But Deep Concerns About Staff Hesitancy Mounting: McKnight’s (featuring LeadingAge’s Ruth Katz)
April 16, 2021

LeadingAge in the News Bipartisan Legislation Aims to Permanently Protect Medicaid Payments for Assisted Living Services: McKnight’s Senior Living (featuring LeadingAge’s Katie Smith Sloan)
April 16, 2021

LeadingAge in the News Draft Bill Contains $2.5 Billion for Affordable Senior Housing; HUD Announces Millions in COVID Relief for Providers: McKnight’s Senior Living (featuring LeadingAge)
April 16, 2021

LeadingAge in the News Congress Delays 2% Medicare Cuts at Least Through 2021: McKnight’s (featuring LeadingAge’s Katie Smith Sloan)
April 15, 2021

LeadingAge in the News HUD Moves to Reinstate Fair Housing Rules to Reduce Discrimination: McKnight’s Senior Living (featuring LeadingAge’s Linda Couch)
April 14, 2021

LeadingAge in the News Initial Funds to Home Care Providers to be Disbursed From Recently Passed $1.9T Stimulus Package: McKnight’s Senior Living (featuring LeadingAge’s Brendan Flinn)
April 14, 2021

LeadingAge in the News COVID-19 Vaccine Pause Spurs Concerns About Access, Staff Hesitancy in Senior Living: McKnight’s Senior Living (featuring LeadingAge)
April 14, 2021

LeadingAge in the News Vaccinations Lag for Home Health Workers: Stateline (featuring LeadingAge’s Mollie Gurian)
April 14, 2021

LeadingAge in the News Danger Ahead?: SNFs Face Potentially Steep Cuts as CMS Considers Changes to PDPM, VBP Program: McKnight’s (featuring LeadingAge’s Ruth Katz)
April 12, 2021

LeadingAge in the News White House Topline Funding Requests Include $180 Million for New Affordable Senior Housing: McKnight’s Senior Living (featuring LeadingAge’s Linda Couch)
April 12, 2021

LeadingAge in the News Biden Seeks $400 Billion to Buttress Long-Term Care. A Look at What’s at Stake: Kaiser Health News (featuring LeadingAge’s Katie Smith Sloan)
April 12, 2021

LeadingAge in the News [UPDATED] CMS Proposes 2.3% Pay Raise for Hospices, Updates Conditions of Participation: Hospice News (featuring LeadingAge’s Mollie Gurian)
April 12, 2021

LeadingAge in the News Medicaid Spending Cap Extended a Year, Despite Stakeholders' Push Against it: Crain’s New York Business (featuring LeadingAge NY’s Jim Clyne)
April 8, 2021

LeadingAge in the News Words are not Enough’: Employers, Leaders Push to Increase CNA Wages: McKnight’s (featuring LeadingAge’s Katie Smith Sloan)
April 8, 2021

LeadingAge in the News For True Nursing Home Reforms, Operators and Experts Agree: ‘Invest in CNAs: Skilled Nursing News (featuring LeadingAge’s Katie Smith Sloan)
April 8, 2021

LeadingAge in the News Nursing Home Resident's Husband: 'Hard to Say How She's Acting Because I Haven't Seen Her: Utica Observer-Dispatch (featuring LeadingAge NY’s Jim Clyne)
April 7, 2021

LeadingAge in the News HUD More than Doubles Allocation for Affordable Housing to Almost $700M Through Housing Trust Fund: McKnight’s Senior Living (featuring LeadingAge’s Linda Couch)
April 7, 2021

LeadingAge in the News $100 Million Boost from HHS will Expand COVID-19 Vaccine Access for Independent Living Residents, Others: McKnight’s Senior Living (featuring LeadingAge)
April 7, 2021

LeadingAge in the News New York Nears Budget Agreement That Includes Nursing Home Reforms: Capital Tonight (featuring LeadingAge NY’s Jim Clyne)
April 6, 2021

LeadingAge in the News America’s Home Care Infrastructure Is Crumbling. Here’s How to Fix It: Home Health Care News (featuring LeadingAge’s Katie Smith Sloan)
April 6, 2021

LeadingAge in the News Providers Look to Pack Infrastructure Bills with Medicaid Financing, Workforce Supports: McKnight’s (featuring LeadingAge’s Katie Smith Sloan)
April 2, 2021

LeadingAge in the News LeadingAge Offers Congress Blueprint to National Aging Services Infrastructure: McKnight’s Senior Living (featuring LeadingAge’s Ruth Katz and Katie Smith Sloan)
April 2, 2021

LeadingAge in the News LeadingAge Unveils Blueprint to Restructure Senior Care Economy: McKnight’s Senior Living (featuring LeadingAge’s Ruth Katz)
April 2, 2021

LeadingAge in the News 75 Percent of Not-for-Profit Aging Service Providers Need More Relief Funds: LeadingAge Survey: McKnight’s Senior Living (featuring LeadingAge’s Nicole Fallon)
April 2, 2021

LeadingAge in the News Biden’s Infrastructure Plan Calls for Putting Big Money Toward Care for the Aging: MarketWatch (featuring LeadingAge’s Ruth Katz)
April 2, 2021

LeadingAge in the News Skilled Nursing Providers Aren’t Winners in $2T Infrastructure Plan, but Bigger Prize May be on Horizon: McKnight’s (featuring LeadingAge)
April 1, 2021

LeadingAge in the News A Monumental Advance’: Newly Unveiled American Jobs Plan Would Invest $400B into Home-Based Care: Home Health Care News (featuring LeadingAge)
April 1, 2021

LeadingAge in the News Applying the Lessons of the COVID-19 Pandemic to Improve Nursing Homes: Morning Consult (opinion piece co-written by LeadingAge’s Katie Smith Sloan)
March 31, 2021

LeadingAge in the News Include Seniors in any Proposed Infrastructure Bills, LeadingAge CEO Says: McKnight’s Senior Living (featuring LeadingAge’s Katie Smith Sloan)
March 30, 2021

LeadingAge in the News Adult Day Health Care Services Get Green Light to Reopen in NYS: WTEN (featuring the Adult Day Health Care Council’s Anne Hill)
March 29, 2021

LeadingAge in the News Adult Day Health Care Centers Can Reopen in NYS Under New Guidelines: WIVB (featuring the Adult Day Health Care Council’s Anne Hill)
March 29, 2021

LeadingAge in the News NY Allows Adult Day Health Care to Reopen After Year-Long Closure: WBFO (featuring the Adult Day Health Care Council’s Anne Hill)
March 29, 2021

LeadingAge in the News Restrictions for New York's Most Vulnerable Start to Ease: Spectrum News (featuring the Adult Day Health Care Council’s Anne Hill)
March 29, 2021

LeadingAge in the News Families Push State to Reopen Adult Day Health Care Pprogram: WHAM (featuring the Adult Day Health Care Council’s Anne Hill)
March 29, 2021

LeadingAge in the News DOH Gives Adult Day Health Care Programs Green Light to Resume: WNYT (featuring the Adult Day Health Care Council’s Anne Hill)
March 26, 2021

LeadingAge in the News New York Operators Request $75 million in ‘Essential Funding': McKnight’s Senior Living (featuring LeadingAge NY’s Jim Clyne)
March 26, 2021

LeadingAge in the News Medicare Repayment Begins in April for Most LTC Operators Who Received Pandemic Loans: McKnight’s Senior Living (featuring LeadingAge)
March 26, 2021

LeadingAge in the News Coalition of New York Adult Care/Assisted Living Providers Seek State Relief From Extraordinary Year of COVID-19 Related Costs: Epoch 5 Public Relations (featuring LeadingAge NY’s Jim Clyne)
March 25, 2021

LeadingAge in the News Senators Reach Deal on Delaying Medicare Sequestration Cuts, Report Says: McKnight’s (featuring LeadingAge’s Katie Smith Sloan)
March 25, 2021

LeadingAge in the News After Senate Leaders Reportedly Reach Deal to Avert Medicare Cuts, Providers Urge Lawmakers to Cross Finish Line: McKnight’s Senior Living (featuring LeadingAge’s Katie Smith Sloan)
March 25, 2021

LeadingAge in the News Lawmakers to Press Biden to Increase Funding for HCBS as Part of Larger System Reform: McKnight’s Senior Living (featuring LeadingAge’s Robyn Stone)
March 25, 2021

LeadingAge in the News Advocates for the Eelderly Call on Biden Administration to do More to Vaccinate Seniors Against Covid-19: CNN (featuring LeadingAge’s Ruth Katz)
March 25, 2021

LeadingAge in the News Lawmakers: Require Nursing Homes to Disclose Vaccine Data: The Associated Press (featuring LeadingAge’s Lisa Sanders)
March 25, 2021

LeadingAge in the News Adult Day Health Care Centers Remain Closed Despite Pleas from Caregivers: WIVB (featuring the Adult Day Health Care Council’s Anne Hill)
March 24, 2021

LeadingAge in the News You work your butt off’: Inside the scramble to bring Covid-19 vaccines to homebound Americans: STAT (featuring LeadingAge’s Ruth Katz)
March 23, 2021

LeadingAge in the News Adult Day Health Care Services Still Closed: Local Family Feels the Impact: WTEN (featuring the Adult Day Health Care Council’s Anne Hill)
March 22, 2021

LeadingAge in the News Cuomo Administration Probed Over Nursing-Home Covid-19 Liability Immunity: The Wall Street Journal (featuring LeadingAge NY’s Jim Clyne)
March 19, 2021

LeadingAge in the News These People are Out Here and They Need Help’: NY’s Adult Day Health Care Programs Remain Closed: WBFO (featuring the Adult Day Health Care Council’s Anne Hill)
March 19, 2021

LeadingAge in the News Nursing Homes Struggling With Nuances of Federal Visitation Policy: McKnight’s (featuring LeadingAge’s Jodi Eyigor)
March 19, 2021

LeadingAge in the News New HHS Secretary Becerra Considered ‘Friend of Long-Term Care Causes: McKnight’s Senior Living (featuring LeadingAge’s Katie Smith Sloan)
March 19, 2021

LeadingAge in the News Rocked by Pandemic, Long-Term Care Facilities Face Financial Crisis: ABC News (featuring LeadingAge’s Katie Smith Sloan)
March 19, 2021

LeadingAge in the News Closing of Adult Day Care Centers Causing Cascading Hardships for Families: Spectrum News (featuring the Adult Day Health Care Council’s Anne Hill)
March 18, 2021

LeadingAge in the News As HHS Commits $255 Million More for COVID Testing in Long-Term Care, Vaccines and Funding are More Urgent Needs, Some Say: McKnight’s Senior Living (featuring LeadingAge)
March 18, 2021

LeadingAge in the News Senate One-house Budget Resolution: Leading New York Through COVID-19 & Beyond: New York State Senate (featuring LeadingAge NY’s Jim Clyne)
March 16, 2021

LeadingAge in the News Providers Seek RN Staffing Requirements, Increased Medicaid Funding with ‘Bold’ $15B Nursing Home Reform Proposal: McKnight’s (featuring LeadingAge’s Katie Smith Sloan)
March 16, 2021

LeadingAge in the News AHCA, LeadingAge Propose $15B in Nursing Home Reforms to Address Workforce Shortages, Underfunding: McKnight’s Senior Living (featuring LeadingAge’s Katie Smith Sloan)
March 16, 2021

LeadingAge in the News Nursing Home Industry Targets RN Staffing, PPE Stockpiles in Reform Pitch — But Ownership Untouched for Now: Skilled Nursing News (featuring LeadingAge’s Katie Smith Sloan)
March 16, 2021

LeadingAge in the News 14 Lessons for the Next Pandemic: The New York Times (featuring LeadingAge’s Katie Smith Sloan)
March 16, 2021

LeadingAge in the News Providers Want Weekly Ongoing Pledge of 50,000 COVID Vaccines for LTC: McKnight’s (featuring LeadingAge)
March 15, 2021

LeadingAge in the News Aging Services Leaders Urge Biden Administration to Prioritize Homebound Seniors for Vaccines: McKnight’s Senior Living (featuring LeadingAge’s Katie Smith Sloan)
March 12, 2021

LeadingAge in the News CMS Updates Nursing Home Guidance to Allow for Indoor Visits: Healthcare Finance News (featuring LeadingAge’s Katie Smith Sloan)
March 12, 2021

LeadingAge in the News CMS Opens Visitation to Nursing Homes After Year of Isolation: McKnight’s (featuring LeadingAge’s Katie Smith Sloan)
March 11, 2021

LeadingAge in the News The Right Thing to do’: Providers Praise CMS Decision to Restart Nursing Home Visits: McKnight’s (featuring LeadingAge’s Katie Smith Sloan)
March 11, 2021

LeadingAge in the News Senior Living Seeks Additional Relief in Wake of Passage of American Rescue Plan Act: McKnight’s Senior Living (featuring LeadingAge)
March 11, 2021

LeadingAge in the News Citing Vaccine Rollout, CMS Relaxes Nursing Home Visitation Rules: Skilled Nursing News (featuring LeadingAge’s Katie Smith Sloan)
March 11, 2021

LeadingAge in the News CMS Relaxes Guidance on Nursing Home Visitation, Could Influence Assisted Living Policies: Senior Housing News (featuring LeadingAge’s Katie Smith Sloan)
March 11, 2021

LeadingAge in the News Feds Say Nursing Homes Should Ease Restrictions on Indoor Visits: AARP (featuring LeadingAge’s Katie Smith Sloan)
March 11, 2021

LeadingAge in the News COVID-19 Stimulus Passes with Support for Rural Hospices, but No Additional PRF: Hospice News (featuring LeadingAge’s Ruth Katz)
March 11, 2021

LeadingAge in the News Continued Adult Day Care Closures Keeping COVID Vaccines from At-Risk People: WNYT (featuring the Adult Day Health Care Council’s Anne Hill)
March 10, 2021

LeadingAge in the News Home Care Providers Praise 10% Increase in FMAP in Stimulus Package: McKnight’s Senior Living (featuring LeadingAge’s Brendan Flinn)
March 10, 2021

LeadingAge in the News BREAKING: CDC Eases Restrictions for fully Vaccinated Individuals in Non-Healthcare Settings: McKnight’s (featuring LeadingAge’s Ruth Katz)
March 9, 2021

LeadingAge in the News Long-Term Care Providers Want Updated Visitation Guidance After CDC Eases Rules for Others Fully Vaccinated: McKnight’s (featuring LeadingAge’s Katie Smith Sloan)
March 9, 2021

LeadingAge in the News Industry Awaits Long-Term Care-Specific Guidance as CDC Relaxes Restrictions for fully Vaccinated People: McKnight’s Senior Living (featuring LeadingAge’s Katie Smith Sloan)
March 9, 2021

LeadingAge in the News Still Work to do’: Nonrural Providers, Affordable Senior Housing Operators Need Help, LeadingAge Says: McKnight’s Senior Living (featuring LeadingAge’s Katie Smith Sloan)
March 9, 2021

LeadingAge in the News New CDC Guidance Offers Hope for More Relaxed Visitation Policies in Senior Living: Senior Housing News (featuring LeadingAge’s Katie Smith Sloan)
March 9, 2021

LeadingAge in the News Fully Vaccinated People Can Visit With Nearby Grandchildren, Dine Indoors With One Another, CDC Says: The Washington Post (featuring LeadingAge’s Katie Smith Sloan)
March 9, 2021

LeadingAge in the News LeadingAge, Others Launch Study into Homecare Best Practices: HomeCare Magazine (featuring LeadingAge’s Robyn Stone)
March 8, 2021

LeadingAge in the News America Now Knows that Nursing Homes are Broken. Does Anyone Care Enough to Fix Them?: NBC News (featuring LeadingAge’s Robyn Stone)
March 8, 2021

LeadingAge in the News NHSN Reporting, Infection Control Among Top Survey Citations This Year: McKnight’s (featuring LeadingAge’s Janine Finck-Boyle)
March 5, 2021

LeadingAge in the News Senior Living COVID Vaccine Ambassador: ‘We Have the Tools to Help Solve this Issue; We Should Use Them: McKnight’s Senior Living (featuring LeadingAge’s Katie Smith Sloan)
March 5, 2021

LeadingAge in the News Millions of Homebound Patients, and Their Caregivers, Still Waiting for COVID Vaccines: Verywell (featuring LeadingAge)
March 5, 2021

LeadingAge in the News Why ‘Cuomo’s Death Order’ Didn’t Really Cause NY’s Nursing Home Carnage. A Reality Check: The Post-Standard (featuring LeadingAge NY’s Jim Clyne)
March 4, 2021

LeadingAge in the News Pandemic Will Forge an Improved Senior Living Product, Leaders Say: McKnight’s Senior Living (featuring LeadingAge’s Katie Smith Sloan)
March 4, 2021

LeadingAge in the News Noticeably Absent from COVID-19 Bill: Support for Seniors and Caregivers, Association Leaders Say: McKnight’s Senior Living (featuring LeadingAge’s Katie Smith Sloan)
March 4, 2021

LeadingAge in the News Record-Breaking $1.09B Disbursed for Affordable Housing as Provider Group Lobbies for $1.2B in COVID Relief: McKnight’s Senior Living (featuring LeadingAge’s Linda Couch and Katie Smith Sloan)
March 4, 2021

LeadingAge in the News Reopening of Long-Term Care Facilities Is ‘an Absolute Necessity for Our Well-Being: Kaiser Health News (featuring LeadingAge’s Ruth Katz)
March 4, 2021

LeadingAge in the News Providers Shut Out of Next Coronavirus Relief Package, So Far: McKnight’s (featuring LeadingAge’s Linda Couch)
March 3, 2021

LeadingAge in the News Hospice, Senior Care Organizations Alert Biden to Policy Priorities: Hospice News (featuring LeadingAge)
March 3, 2021

LeadingAge in the News Sloan: Better Wages a Critical Component of Any Fix for Nursing Homes After COVID-19: Skilled Nursing News (featuring LeadingAge’s Katie Smith Sloan)
March 2, 2021

LeadingAge in the News Rethinking How We Approach Long-Term Care In The U.S.: WBUR (featuring LeadingAge’s Katie Smith Sloan)
March 2, 2021

LeadingAge in the News Nursing Home Facilities Still Have Questions after DOH Visitation Guidance Takes Effect: WRGB (featuring LeadingAge NY’s Jim Clyne)
March 1, 2021

LeadingAge in the News New York Nursing Homes Reopen To Visitors, As Questions Continue About Cuomo Administration: WCBS (featuring LeadingAge NY’s Jim Clyne)
March 1, 2021

LeadingAge in the News New York Assembly Releases Package of Nursing Home Reform Bills: New York Post (featuring LeadingAge NY’s Jim Clyne)
March 1, 2021

LeadingAge in the News Lawmakers Question State Health Commissioner on Handling of Nursing Homes: News 12 Long Island (featuring LeadingAge NY’s Jim Clyne)
February 26, 2021

LeadingAge in the News Andrew Cuomo’s Covid-19 Nursing Home Fiasco Shows the Ethical Perils of Pandemic Policymaking: STAT (featuring LeadingAge NY’s Jim Clyne)
February 26, 2021

LeadingAge in the News Unconscionable’: Senior Living Eliminated from COVID Relief Package: McKnight’s Senior Living (featuring LeadingAge’s Katie Smith Sloan)
February 26, 2021

LeadingAge in the News AHCA, LeadingAge Set Goal of 75% Staff Vaccination by July: McKnight’s (featuring LeadingAge’s Katie Smith Sloan)
February 26, 2021

LeadingAge in the News Time to Allow Visits: Vaccine Success Supports Reopening in Long-Term Care, Advocates Say: McKnight’s (featuring LeadingAge’s Katie Smith Sloan)
February 26, 2021