The virus remains a threat, with more than 10,000 residents and staff members contracting the disease and 800 dying from it each month in federally certified facilities, according to a new analysis of federal data.
Many mothers and grandmothers are reuniting with their loved ones for the first in over a year — just in time for Mother’s Day. Numerous happy scenes are being played out in long-term care facilities across the country.
Providers are pushing back against a state requirement that mandates them to file weekly visitation reports — on a strict deadline — or face thousands of dollars in fines.
After nearly a year in lockdown, nursing home residents can participate in indoor visitation, communal dining and group activities — with exceptions, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced Tuesday.
Nursing homes that administered shots early in the COVID-19 vaccine rollout experienced a lower rate of new infections compared to later-vaccinating sites. The results underscore the efficacy of the drugs in elders who often do not respond well to vaccines, investigators say.
Nursing homes are being encouraged to quarantine residents who leave the facility for more than 24 hours under updated guidance released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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A week and a half after nursing home operators across the country learned they could open their doors to visitors, many are still grappling with the nuances of new visitation guidelines issued by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. Representatives from LeadingAge and other national stakeholders met virtually with CMS earlier this week to…
In the last few months, nursing homes in Plattsburgh, NY, and Stillwater, MN, snagged some valuable new employees in a remarkably tough market. Their secret recruitment tool? They’re not only employers but homes to beloved relatives of these part-time workers. In Minnesota, Lisa Racine applied to be a food nutrition assistant so she could spend…
Dad was wise but never too pushy with the advice. I think he realized that’s how it gets better traction.
