Provider Magazine reports on its recent conversation with NCAL Executive Director Scott Tittle about the ongoing pandemic and its impact on life inside assisted living communities among residents and staff, as well as the ongoing effort to get more federal assistance to stem what is now another rising tide of COVID-19 cases across the nation. In terms of “the COVID battle, he says assisted living operators are learning to adjust as ‘best as they can and in ways they did not anticipate.”

Despite having the same needs to fight the virus, Tittle says, “Quite honestly, assisted living has largely been left out of the discussion at the national level for support and funding.” The federal government did allocate some funds in September, and in doing so acknowledged the intense work being done in assisted living buildings to recalibrate living arrangements to battle against infections, but more is required.

Read the full article: NCAL Focus Remains on Saving Lives as Pandemic Continues to Test Communities (providermagazine.com, November 17, 2020)