Federal report offers crisis strategies for LTC providers
Post-acute and long-term care providers have an additional tool on how to adjust their operations and standards of care during the COVID-19 pandemic or future emergencies.
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Provider group ‘disappointed’ in CMS’ response following release of nursing home commission report
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Service’s response to a highly anticipated report by the Coronavirus Commission on Safety and Quality in Nursing Homes has been disappointing for one long-term care provider advocacy group.
‘Heartbreaking’: All contact with nursing home residents fell by more than half, study shows
Nursing home operators took limiting in-person contact with residents very seriously after the onset of the coronavirus pandemic. Visits of all kinds fell by 53% between March and April, new findings by SeniorLiving.org Research revealed.
First national LTC group endorses nationwide end-of-life care form
The first national organization to officially endorse the adoption of a national Physician Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment (POLST) form has emerged.
AMDA endorses a national medical order to honor frail residents’ wishes
A nationally recognizable POLST form would give seriously ill or frail seniors the ability to communicate treatment preferences across care settings, the organization says.
CDC releases updated consolidated testing guidelines for nursing homes
Testing a nursing home resident for COVID-19 more than once in a 24-hour period is not being encouraged by the federal government under updated guidance.
Handling COVID-19 in nursing facilities: AMDA offers lessons from New York State
A group of medical directors have consolidated and published lessons learned while caring for residents in their hard-hit state.
AMDA: Address key questions to reap benefits of universal COVID-19 testing
The clinical complexities of facility-wide COVID-19 testing should be addressed before implementing state testing mandates, the group says.
Providers facing ‘financial turmoil’ from coronavirus; universal testing requires funding, organization says
The coronavirus crisis could lead to “financial turmoil” for many nursing home and senior living operators thanks to a combination of higher costs — for things like supplies and increased pay for workers — and the inability to create additional revenue from new residents, a new Moody report found.
AMDA urges clinicians to ensure eldercare facilities are “the last to open”
The decision to reopen eldercare facilities should rest entirely with clinicians who provide direct resident care, the organization says.
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