Time to allow visits: Vaccine success supports reopening in long-term care, advocates say
State and federal officials are being urged to ease visitation restrictions as COVID-19 vaccinations continue and cases fall among residents.
Mark Parkinson
Parkinson: Census must recover 1% per month over next year for sector to rebound
Long-term care operators will have to rebuild occupancy by at least 1% per month for the next year for the industry to restore pre-pandemic census levels and financially recover from the public health crisis, according to the leader of the nation’s largest nursing home association.
HHS: Public health emergency, key funding and waivers likely to extend through 2021
A top federal health official has indicated that the COVID-19 public health emergency declaration will likely stay put throughout 2021 — securing a critical tool for long-term providers to help them manage the crisis and provide high-quality care for residents.
Parkinson: Maintain SNF vaccinations to cut COVID death rate ‘dramatically’
The leader of the nation’s largest nursing home association is hopeful COVID-19 vaccinations of all U.S. nursing home residents will be complete by the March 1 target date it set for states last month.
‘Significant ramp-up’ of vaccinations coming for long-term care; AHCA happy with process
Vaccination efforts in long-term care facilities are expected to accelerate noticeably in the coming days and weeks, the nation’s top federal health official asserted Wednesday.
Parkinson: ‘Bold proposals’ expected for long-term care transformation
Ambitious ideas regarding long-term care’s future can be expected when mass vaccinations bring some stability and conditions settle down, said American Health Care Association CEO and President Mark Parkinson.
‘Light at the end of the tunnel’: 95% of nursing home residents taking vaccine, Parkinson says
A vast majority of nursing home residents are signing up to receive the first dose of available coronavirus vaccine, according to the leader of the nation’s largest nursing home association.
HHS gives nursing homes ‘a fighting chance,’ releases $1.1B more in federal relief funding
The federal government began sending $1.1 billion in coronavirus relief funding to nursing homes this week to help providers cope with lost revenues and increased expenses caused by the pandemic.
65% of nursing homes operating at a loss, survey finds
Ninety percent of nursing home operators are currently operating at a loss or at a profit margin of less than 3% — with almost two-thirds of them operating a loss, according to a new industry survey.
Parkinson: Vaccinate all long-term care by March and slash coronavirus mortality 40 percent
A one-month delay “could result in more than 20,000 of our residents losing their lives when a vaccine could have saved them,” AHCA / NCAL leader Mark Parkinson said Monday.
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