U.S. extends public health emergency, buying LTC a bit more time
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Alicia Lasek
Oct 17, 2022
The latest renewal is effective as of Oct. 13, and will continue through Jan. 11, 2023. Continued allowances for LTC include the waiver of a required three-day hospital stay to access skilled nursing services...
‘We don’t want to be abandoned again’: Providers fear federal COVID support will go away with PHE
May 24, 2022
Nursing home providers are afraid the support the industry has received during the COVID-19 pandemic will be non-existent once the public health emergency declaration comes to a close — despite a historic...
With omicron spreading fast, officials implore nursing home providers to push COVID-19 booster shots
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Alicia Lasek
Jan 07, 2022
The surgeon general and CMS administrator Brooks-LaSure urged providers to “cut through the noise” about vaccines as outbreaks increase across facilities. Less than 28% of staff have gotten...
U.S. doubles order of Paxlovid antiviral pill to 20M
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Alicia Lasek
Jan 05, 2022
The initial supply of the COVID-19 medication will be limited, and shipments to states will be spread out over time, “ramping up steadily in the months ahead,” according to the Department of Health...
Better dialogue, COVID practices can help reduce stress between family caregivers, providers: study
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Alicia Lasek
Dec 03, 2021
A new survey offers plenty of ideas for getting long-term care providers on the same page as family caregivers during the COVID-19 pandemic, investigators say.
Free LTC infection prevention tool from Yale aims to help nursing home staff save time
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Alicia Lasek
Nov 09, 2021
A one-stop set of infection prevention resources is meant to make work a bit easier for direct care providers, administrators, managers and support staff, say the Yale School of Nursing and the New York...
New CDC vaccine access info covers COVID booster shots, ‘safety net’ support
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Alicia Lasek
Sep 23, 2021
With assurances to provide help as needed, the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention is sharing vaccine access information ahead of the federal COVID-19 vaccine booster shot approvals expected to come...
LTC clinicians cheer pandemic milestone: Federal approval of first COVID-19 vaccine
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Alicia Lasek
Sep 24, 2021
Long-term care clinicians are embracing the FDA’s first full approval of a COVID-19 vaccine, saying the decision will support their efforts to increase vaccination coverage and reduce infections and...
Dementia doubles COVID risk — even after accounting for LTC residence, study finds
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Alicia Lasek
Feb 10, 2021
The risk is even higher for Black patients with dementia, according to EHR data from over 60 million U.S. adults. Brain changes associated with dementia may be a major culprit, investigators say.
U.S. labs predict COVID test delays, cite surge in demand
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Alicia Lasek
Nov 16, 2020
Long-term care facilities soon may face longer waits for PCR test results as diagnostic laboratories reach or exceed testing capacity, lab reps say. The warning comes as U.S. COVID cases spike upward.