Nursing Home Residents

COVID-19 infections are at an all-time high among residents and staff and resident death rates are rising. Now is the time to “get shots in arms,” AARP leaders urged operators.

Nursing home residents who have weathered a prior COVID-19 infection are more likely to show robust signs of immunity to SARS-CoV-2 six months after vaccination, a study across five facilities has found.

A people-oriented work environment with tangible staff supports is key to minimizing turnover and care disruptions in nursing homes. It’s even more important than compensation, direct care providers...

The news, delivered by CDC Director Rochelle Walensky, is a bit of cheer amidst other new evidence that COVID-19 cases are increasing among fully vaccinated long-term care residents.

Black residents have significantly lower odds than white residents of improving independence in activities of daily living after hip fracture and stroke, a study of Medicare and MDS data shows.

Estimates reveal that if a large sample of U.S. nursing homes had averaged 83% staff vaccination coverage this summer, at least 700 fewer residents would have died from COVID-19 over a two-month period.

A study of 26 million Medicare recipients has linked regular flu shots with lowered mortality — except in skilled nursing facility residents. The results suggest that vaccines alone are not enough to...

Surfaces in 90% of COVID-19 patients’ rooms were contaminated with the SARS-CoV-2 virus, most commonly bed and TV remote controls, nurse call buttons, window sills and door knobs, investigators say.

Withholding vigorous treatment for cardiac arrest solely based on nursing home residential status is not justified, researchers say.

The rate of schizophrenia diagnoses rose significantly for Black nursing home residents with dementia after the CMS National Partnership to Improve Dementia Care launched in 2012, a new analysis finds.