PHOENIX—Argentum has spent the past 18 months elevating several priorities, with senior living industry advocacy rising to the top as a critical need during the pandemic amid changing federal and state guidelines, Argentum President and CEO James Balda said Monday during the 2021 Senior Living Executive Conference & Expo. 

Some of the highlights of the association’s efforts over the past year or so, he said, included educating policymakers and other stakeholders about the senior living industry, reshaping and refocusing discussions about senior living, working with state partners and others to secure “reasonable protections” against lawsuits for providers in several states, advocating for senior living operators to be prioritized for the coronavirus vaccine, and securing COVID-19 testing kits and senior living operator eligibility for Provider Relief Fund dollars. Read More