Assisted Living and Adult Care Facilities

2 months ago
Assisted Living and Adult Care Facilities Staff Maternity Leave Notification: Coverage plan for adult care facility and assisted living member needs.

2 months ago
Assisted Living and Adult Care Facilities DOH Prepares 2018 CHRC Reimbursement for ACFs, LHCSAs, and Hospice Providers: DAL outlines steps that need to be taken to ensure payment.

3 months ago
Assisted Living and Adult Care Facilities DOH Announces Change in SNALR Voucher Demonstration Program Payment: Change in payment will be effective April 1, 2020.

3 months ago
Assisted Living and Adult Care Facilities New DOH Policy Will Allow More ACF Residents to Remain During Last Days of Life: DAL provides option for medication administration for residents under hospice care.

3 months ago
Assisted Living and Adult Care Facilities DOH Issues DAL Regarding Requirements and Best Practices for CHRCs: Members conducting criminal history record checks should review directive.

Assisted Living and Adult Care Facilities State Requires Nursing Homes and ACFs to Test Staff and Certify Compliance: Nursing homes and ACFs must submit a plan for testing all personnel twice weekly by May 13^th and certify to their compliance with all State directives by May 15^th.
17 days ago

Assisted Living and Adult Care Facilities LeadingAge NY Calls for Comprehensive and Collaborative Approach to Combating COVID-19 in Nursing Homes: In a letter to Commissioner Zucker, LeadingAge NY called for a collaborative, multi-pronged effort to contain COVID-19 in nursing homes that includes on-site testing and re-testing of all residents and staff, sufficient PPE consistent with sound infection control practices, and financial assistance and other supports to enable adequate staffing.
25 days ago

Assisted Living and Adult Care Facilities Workforce Resources: A compilation of national, state, and New York City resources to assist providers in addressing urgent workforce needs.
25 days ago

Assisted Living and Adult Care Facilities April 28th COVID-19 Update: Latest updates for providers of LTPAC and senior services.
1 month ago

Assisted Living and Adult Care Facilities May 5th COVID-19 Update: Latest updates for providers of LTPAC and senior services.
24 days ago

Assisted Living and Adult Care Facilities New Staffing Resources Launched for Nursing Homes: New York State has opened up its Health Professional Portal to all nursing homes and by invitation to other providers. The Surge Staffing Cell provides assistance to New York City nursing homes in need of nurses and CNAs as a result of the COVID-19 emergency.
25 days ago

Assisted Living and Adult Care Facilities DOH Issues New Directives on COVID-19 Return to Work and Cohorting of Residents: The new COVID-19-related "return to work" restrictions extend to 14 days the required duration of an employee's exclusion from work based on a positive COVID-19 test or symptoms. A second set of directives includes a requirement to cohort residents based on COVID-19-positive, negative, and unknown status and assign dedicated staff to COVID-19-positive and "non-positive" residents.
29 days ago

Assisted Living and Adult Care Facilities Celebrate Your Frontline Heroes: Submit positive success stories to Jacqueline Colafemina at jcolafemina@leadingageny.org.
1 month ago