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Cannabis, Choice, and Your Community: Update on Practices and Problems
June 25, 2019
Cannabis, more commonly known as marijuana, is a hot-button topic in senior living. Older adults are increasingly turning to cannabis products to ease conditions such as arthritis pain, anxiety, and insomnia. Adult children are using it to try to treat manifestations of dementia in their parents. In states where cannabis is legal, there’s a good…
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Argentum Advocates for You State Update
June 19, 2019
ARIZONA AL Training Requirements – SIGNED BY GOVERNOR (SB 1244) Modifies the training program for AL communities to include training that is consistent with the training, competency and test methodology standards developed by the Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System (AHCCCS) for in-home direct care workers. Stipulates that the Board must prescribe rules for AL…
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Argentum’s Senior Living Impact Initiative Offers Data on the Widespread Effects of the Industry
April 17, 2019
(Alexandria, Va.)—Today, Argentum introduced Senior Living Impact at the 2019 Senior Living Executive Conference in San Antonio. The initiative was born from the need to share the story of senior living’s far-reaching impact at both the federal and state levels. In support of the initiative, Argentum partnered with Tripp Umbach, a nationally recognized consulting firm…
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Senate Aging Committee Holds Hearing on Alzheimer’s Disease and Caregiver Benefits
April 5, 2019
On Tuesday, April 2, before an audience of Alzheimer’s advocates, Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME), Chairman of the Senate Aging Committee introduced the Lifespan Respite Care Reauthorization Act of 2019. The bipartisan legislation introduced with Sen. Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) authorizes $20 million for Fiscal Year 2020 to Lifespan Respite Care program, with scheduled funding increasing by…
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Argentum Hosts Senior Living Professionals and Partners at Annual Public Policy Institute
April 2, 2019
The annual Argentum Public Policy Institute & Fly-In was held March 5-6 on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C. The event provided attendees with the opportunity to learn about Argentum’s public policy priorities from industry experts and distinguished guests while becoming a more effective advocate. The sessions at the Public Policy Institute on March 5 highlighted…
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Unveiling of the Medicare for All Act of 2019
March 24, 2019
Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-WA), the co-chair of the House Progressive Caucus, unveiled HR 1384, the Medicare for All Act of 2019 which would transition our current health care system to a public single-payer system over a two-year period. Rep. Jayapal’s plan does not detail how it would be paid for but includes comprehensive and generous…
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Trump Administration Moves to Finalize Rule on Pre-Dispute Arbitration
March 24, 2019
The Trump Administration is working to finalize a rule to make clear that long-term care communities can require residents or their families to agree—before a dispute arises—to settle complaints through arbitration rather than through litigation. Simultaneously in Congress this week, legislation has been introduced in the House and Senate to eliminate the agreements. Rep. Hank…
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House Committee Approves $15-an-Hour Federal Minimum Wage Legislation
March 24, 2019
The House Education and Labor Committee approved a bill on March 6th that would increase the federal minimum wage to $15 an hour. HR 582, was approved along party lines and would increase the federal minimum wage by 2024. The legislation would eventually phase out lower wage levels for tipped workers and disabled workers. Currently…
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Department of Labor Releases Proposed Overtime Rule
March 24, 2019
As anticipated, earlier this month, the U.S. Department of Labor announced a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) that would make more than a million more American workers eligible for overtime. This proposed rule is generally referred to as the “Overtime Rule”. Under currently enforced law, employees with a salary below $455 per week ($23,660 annually)…
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Argentum Advocates for You State Update
March 22, 2019
ARIZONA SB 1244 – Assisted Living Caregivers Training Requires that training for assisted living facility caregivers be consistent with the training, competency and test methodology standards developed by the Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System (AHCCCS) for in-home direct care workers. Directs the Arizona Board of Nursing Care Institution Administrators and Assisted Living Facility Managers…