Amid controversy, NY announces visitation reopenings at nursing homes, ‘sweeping’ operator reforms
Indoor visitations will resume Friday at nursing homes in New York.
Indoor visitations will resume Friday at nursing homes in New York.
Nursing home providers in New York could soon see limits on how much they can profit from resident care, according to a new proposal by Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D).
As a geropsychologist and a New Yorker, I’ve been relieved to see the after-the-fact uncovering of the true number of COVID-19 deaths in nursing homes in New York last year.
Top New York state and health officials are facing potential investigation after an aide to Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D) revealed that the state lied about nursing home coronavirus deaths out of fear the data would be used against them.
Nursing home operators are facing increased calls for minimum staffing requirements in the wake of an ongoing workforce crisis facing the industry nationwide.
New York’s data on coronavirus-related deaths in nursing homes may have been undercounted by as much as 50%, according to a state investigation that also took aim at provider compliance with infection control policies and staffing models.
A son and his father are both breathing a sigh of relief after they were able to get their first COVID-19 vaccine shot together at a New York skilled nursing facility.
A New York nursing home is fighting back against “blatantly false” claims made by a national group that one of the COVID-19 vaccines is responsible for an outbreak at the facility.
New York’s state health department is facing pressure to release facility survey data from a controversial nursing home study that found employee spread was the main force that led to a major COVID-19 outbreak among residents.
Hundreds of nursing home residents and staff members at a New York facility were unable to get the coronavirus vaccine this week after many doses were lost due to temperature control issues.