The Department of Justice affirmed Thursday that it will not launch a civil rights investigation related to COVID-19 deaths in Michigan’s nursing homes. The news comes almost a year after the Justice Department sent fact-finding letters to Gov. Gretchen Whitmer (D) and governors of three other states led by Democrats, looking to determine whether certain…
Just when you thought summer was going well, we now have surges in Missouri and Arkansas of the COVID-19 Delta variant. That’s right, these past few weeks your sunny summer was clouded by news that the coronavirus has made a comeback in Missouri, and the highly contagious Delta variant in particular has been linked to…
Several Colorado senior care facilities are at the center of a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention COVID-19 investigation, and public health officials there are zeroing in on unvaccinated staff as the cause of breakthrough cases.
Despite passage of laws meant to protect businesses from COVID-19 related lawsuits in 30 states, few legal challenges have materialized yet.
An ownership group with links to COVID-era investigations and recent charges of inflating staffing reports is facing public criticism as it attempts to purchase five skilled nursing facilities in Vermont.
The LTCF Simulation dashboard uses facility and community data — such as proposed test schedules, number of shift workers, vaccination rates and community case prevalence — to help LTC administrators build a strong infection prevention strategy, the developers say.
I’m a slow and resistant student in the classroom of life. And perhaps the truth I face most reluctantly is how unwelcome and painful challenges teach lessons that I probably wouldn’t learn any other way. If you’re like me, at your lowest moments you’ve felt the intense desire to slap anyone who waltzes in, puts…
Federal lawmakers negotiating a massive infrastructure deal should allocate support for capital improvements in the nation’s nursing homes, the American Health Care Association and National Association for Assisted Living reiterated Wednesday.
Nursing home employees who didn’t get fingerprinted as part of a background check can keep their jobs, but they haven’t been allowed to care for residents since a deadline killing a COVID-era exemption hit Tuesday. Connecticut’s Department of Public Health refused to extend the July 20 deadline, even as it became clear that the number…
33 COVID-positive in post-vaccine nursing home outbreak spurred by community spread … In this COVID hotspot, consumer advocates pressure nursing homes to remain open to visitors … More proof that Monoclonal antibodies cut COVID-19 hospitalization in high-risk seniors … Operator of NJ pediatric, short-term rehab centers fires six managers over vaccine mandate, moves to broaden policy to all employees … Prescribers largely hold off on Aduhelm while awaiting decisions from CMS, large insurers.
