The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s director stressed the need for repeated testing of staff members to stop the spread of COVID-19 in nursing homes.
Print Issue: October 2020
Commission calls for 27-point reconstruct
The Coronavirus Commission for Safety and Quality in Nursing Homes in mid-September issued a voluminous 186-page report containing 27 recommendations.
Infection rates trigger relief pay
Nursing homes are subject to an incentive-based pay system for the last four months of 2020 when it comes to tapping into the most recently released $2 billion in COVID-19 relief funding, the Department of Health and Human Services said Sept. 3.
WHO: Seniors plan is needed
Eldercare should be seen as a health rights issue following the disproportionate loss of nursing home residents during the coronavirus pandemic, the emergencies chief of the World Health Organization said in mid-September.
Vaccine by fall? Experts leery
A COVID-19 vaccine likely will not be ready by Election Day, Anthony Fauci, M.D., director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease, said in early September, countering White House forecasts.
HHS widens providers’ use of POC tests to screen for virus
The Department of Health and Human Services has begun allowing nursing homes, along with assisted living facilities and other congregate settings, to use point-of-care tests to screen for COVID-19.
Visitor contact more than halved: research
Nursing home visits of all kinds fell by 53% between March and April, immediately following the onset of the coronavirus pandemic, according to September findings by SeniorLiving.org Research.
COVID-19 lockdown resulted in resident weight loss: study
Significant weight loss in nursing home residents was an unintended consequence of COVID-19-related restrictions this past spring, according to a new study.
