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Getting the updated bivalent COVID-19 booster is the single most important thing that older adults can do to protect their health, COVID-19 Response Coordinator Ashish Jha, MD, MPH, said during a White...

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Nursing home operators in New York are facing a new wave of public scrutiny after an AARP report noted that 96% of New York City nursing homes and adult care facilities received no visits from the state’s...

A class action lawsuit filed Monday is seeking a court order to stop regional provider Alden Management Services from what plaintiffs call “an ongoing practice of profiting from systematically and knowingly...

Nursing home deaths and cases continued to rise in July for the third consecutive month, according to the latest analysis of federal data. Weekly upticks hint that the increases have not yet peaked.

Despite steady gains in nursing home booster vaccinations, many staff and a third of residents nationwide have yet to receive a shot, federal data reveal.

Despite nursing homes a drop in COVID deaths and cases, a leading resident advocacy group said the progress providers have made is still not enough. Leaders argued more can be done to lower the numbers. 

The pressure is mounting on nursing home operators to require residents and staff to receive COVID-19 booster shots. 

COVID-19 infections are at an all-time high among residents and staff and resident death rates are rising. Now is the time to “get shots in arms,” AARP leaders urged operators.

Long-term care operators should speed up plans to help residents boost their immunity before an expected COVID-19 surge hits, a federal official told virtual town hall attendees Tuesday.