Coronavirus / COVID-19

The RSV leg of the so-called tripledemic is hitting seniors at an alarming rate, putting nursing home staff on alert for an infection that manifests itself similarly to the other two legs, flu and COVID-19.

Excessive feelings of guilt, extra infection control precautions, unprecedented long work hours and personal healthcare sacrifices were common among nursing home leaders during the height of the pandemic,...

Pharmacists are yearning to expand on their success helping skilled nursing facilities during the pandemic, a top executive said Monday.

Massachusetts nursing home nursing job vacancy rate stuck at 22% … New Hampshire nursing home seeks $5.2 million for infection control upgrades … GOP representatives demand CDC’s NY nursing home...

The American Health Care Association/National Center for Assisted Living on Wednesday appealed to Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra to support the extension of the Public Health Emergency...

Nursing home advocates Thursday cheered news that federal regulators are relaxing their instructions to surveyors when checking for staff compliance with a federal vaccine mandate.

Two cases that could play a pivotal role in determining how well skilled nursing providers are protected by a federal COVID shield law are headed for important federal court dates.

A pharmacy expert is hopeful a new White House push for vaccinations will empower long-term care pharmacists to play a continued role in COVID prevention and treatment.

The challenger to unseat incumbent Gov. Kristi Noem (R) in South Dakota made nursing home reform his focus last week at a campaign stop in front of a new nursing home.

Privatized former county nursing home faces scrutiny over failure to pay taxes … Sanford Health system, parent of Evangelical Lutheran Good Samaritan Society, reduces mostly non-clinical staff to ‘streamline’...