The Centers for Disease and Prevention has updated the scenarios for when long-term care providers should conduct confirmatory polymerase chain reaction (PRC) COVID-19 testing after receiving initial point-of-care antigen test results.
Second doses of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine were given to an overwhelming majority of staff and residents at a Washington state skilled nursing facility that was the first site of a coronavirus outbreak on U.S. soil.
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A son and his father are both breathing a sigh of relief after they were able to get their first COVID-19 vaccine shot together at a New York skilled nursing facility.
Nursing home operators should be on high alert for potential rule changes regarding civil monetary penalties after a lawsuit was filed against federal health agencies Sunday that targets a 2017 rule that relaxed CMPs for providers, a legal expert warned.
Unlike the rest of the healthcare sector, nursing homes and other long-term care facilities are still struggling to retain employees nearly a year after the start of the coronavirus pandemic, according to a new report.
Vaccine educational activities have been a key strategy used by providers in order to ensure widespread uptake among their staff members, according to the nation’s top nursing home groups.
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More funding for nursing home strike teams could soon be coming under the latest coronavirus relief measure proposed by President-elect Joe Biden.
Top public health officials and long-term care stakeholders have both praised West Virginia for how quickly it’s been able to distribute and administer COVID-19 vaccines to long-term care facilities.
