Long-Term Care Facilities

The initiative will allow states and other U.S. jurisdictions to “staff, train and deploy” strike teams to help long-term care operations with known or suspected COVID-19 infections, CDC says.

Hours after federal agencies greenlit COVID-19 vaccine booster shots for immunocompromised people, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer of Michigan ordered state agencies to expedite third doses to long-term care facility...

There is a 30% difference in COVID-19 vaccination coverage between LTC physicians and facility aides, CDC reports. And rates among aides are lowest in zip codes where vulnerability to poor health outcomes...

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...

The revisions include guidance on honoring care and treatment preferences in federal skilled nursing facilities. The changes follow a complaint against the state brought by national and local disability...

A 200-bed nursing home in Chicago was the recipient of an enhanced clinical management approach that contributed to relatively low mortality rates during an outbreak among high-risk residents, the doctors...

Coronavirus cases in long-term care facilities are on the rise again, a new analysis from the Kaiser Family Foundation has revealed.

Nursing homes in states that prohibit the use of point-of-care COVID-19 tests to screen for the disease can now do so after the Department of Health and Human Services extended coverage to include congregate...

A thorough review of the Illinois Bureau of Long-Term Care is being conducted after the department failed to properly process and investigate abuse and neglect complaints at facilities for about three...

Long-term care deaths accounted for 50% or more of total COVID-19 deaths in 26 states by the end of May. Minnesota and Rhode Island reported the highest rates, at 81%, according to investigators.