NY nursing homes no longer being forced to accept residents who have already been COVID-19 positive
Jun 01, 2020
New York has ended a requirement that forced nursing homes to admit residents, regardless of their COVID-19 status, in a reversal by Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D).
Operators avert big strike
Jun 01, 2020
ILLINOIS — Dozens of Illinois nursing home providers averted a strike by increasing wages by 24% and agreeing to provide hazard pay for workers.
Window visits eyed
Jun 01, 2020
Washington — Providers in the state defended themselves against complaints that their facilities have stopped window visits during the coronavirus pandemic.
COVID-19 testing halted
Jun 01, 2020
Massachusetts — State officials temporarily paused a program that provided coronavirus testing kits to long-term care providers in an effort to improve quality control problems, a state official said...
Asymptomatic testing a go
Jun 01, 2020
California — California state officials announced in late April that they would begin testing asymptomatic individuals in nursing homes.
Expert: State immunity does not mean federal immunity
By
Liza Berger
Jun 01, 2020
Providers won’t be immune from federal investigations that arise from bad outcomes during the coronavirus pandemic. This will be the case even as several states have agreed to protect them from future...
Arizona pushed to report facility cases
By
Liza Berger
Jun 01, 2020
A group of Arizona news organizations filed a special action in the Maricopa County Superior Court in May in a move to force the Arizona Department of Health Services to release information about coronavirus...
Ask the legal expert: What should organizations that serve seniors do to protect themselves during the...
By
John Durso
Jun 01, 2020
What should organizations that serve seniors do to protect themselves during the pandemic?
Robots move in to facilitate connections during crisis
By
Kimberly Marselas
Jun 01, 2020
As visitor restrictions wore on into late spring, skilled nursing facilities across the country invited a new kind of guest into their buildings.
PCC analytics more robust for COVID-19
By
Kimberly Marselas
Jun 01, 2020
Senior care software provider PointClickCare Technologies has responded to the COVID-19 pandemic by offering additional data collection tools and more robust analytics.