National Healthcare Decisions Month sheds light on the importance of education and empowerment for patients and medical professionals in advanced care planning. This celebration puts the spotlight on what advanced directives are, how to create them, and their significance.

Mass Senior Care is pleased to announce a partnership between MSCA and Incite Strategic Partners, a Senior-Living Group Purchasing Organization (GPO). With a shared vision of excellence for residents, communities, and the Senior Living Industry, Incite and MSCA have joined forces to bring you a best-in-class group purchasing experience.

The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine’s Committee on Quality of Care in Nursing Homes yesterday issued a report the nursing home financing, regulatory and delivery system.

The Legislature’s Joint Committee on Health Care Financing took action on a number of bills last week and issued a favorable report to several nursing facility bills which Mass Senior Care supports

Mass Senior Care is hosting an informational session on the HireNow program for facility members only. The Commonwealth recently announced a grant program providing eligible employers with funding to quickly hire and train new workers – enabling more people to get back to work and meeting workforce needs.

Mass Senior Care Association is pleased to host our first in-person Spring Conference & Trade Show in more than two years on Tuesday, May 3, 2022 at the DCU Center in Worcester. Due to the continued uncertainties of the COVID-19 virus, we are scaling back on the number of attendees and exhibitors to ensure the safety and wellbeing of all attendees.

With the FDA authorization and CDC recommendations of a second booster dose of the COVID-19 vaccine for certain individuals including those over age 50, the Department of Public Health is strongly encouraging long-term care facilities to provide a second booster dose to eligible residents.

DPH has added an additional resource and guidance for the use of iHealth rapid antigen tests for testing visitors at long-term care facilities, DPH reminds providers on treatments available for COVID-19, “HireNow” Hiring and Training Employer Grant Program, and REMINDER - Healthcare Personnel (HCP) Influenza Data Submission Deadline is April 15, 2022.

Governor Baker signed the supplemental budget bill for state fiscal year 2022 which extends the state’s policy of allowing nursing school graduates and students in their final semester of nursing education to practice nursing in in-patient health care settings.