
Governor Ducey signs legislation to strengthen background checks for nursing facility workers
PHOENIX — Governor Doug Ducey today signed legislation that strengthens background checks for people who…
PHOENIX — Governor Doug Ducey today signed legislation that strengthens background checks for people who…
The state Department of Health (DOH) was unprepared to respond to infectious disease outbreaks in…
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Community spread was the leading cause of COVID-19 outbreaks in long-term…
Two Trumbull County nursing homes saw a small jump in COVID-19 cases this…
Public care homes exceeded their budgets by €55 million in 2020, and the overrun is…
Governor Jared Polis’ Office of State Planning and Budgeting, with assistance from the Department of…
FILE – Edward Williams, 62, a resident of the Hebrew Home of…
PENNSYLVANIA – Four skilled nursing facilities currently caring for large numbers of COVID-19 patients will…
COVID-19 numbers dropped significantly this week in nursing homes and prisons across the region, but…
Nursing homes, grappling with record staffing shortages and a rise in Covid-19 infections, will soon…
The rampant community spread of Covid-19 in Fayette County has resulted in recent outbreaks at…
ELIZABETH HERTEL, DIRECTOR of the state Department of Health, addresses the state in February 2021.…
Monmouth County Health Board to provide public health and nursing services in Shrewsbury FREEHOLD, NJ…
AUSTIN (KXAN) — As COVID-19 cases surge in Texas nursing homes, another crisis is plaguing…
WATERTOWN – Highlights of changes to Samaritan Health visit guidelines include negative COVID test required…
The COVID situation in local nursing homes is considerably better than it was at the…
PHOENIX (3TV/CBS 5) — Arizona’s hospital resources are stretched, with intensive care beds 95% full.…
A bill that would impose tougher penalties on nursing homes in repeated violation of state…
RALEIGH, North Carolina (WTVD) – As the COVID-19 pandemic enters its third year, nursing homes…
Objective and reason: The Rhode Island Department of Health is proposing changes to the Licenses…
ANNAPOLIS, Maryland – Governor Larry Hogan today announced new efforts to help Maryland nursing homes…
The federal requirement that nursing homes must vaccinate staff against COVID-19 is temporarily suspended after…
A nursing home in Warren that experienced a spike in COVID-19 cases last week saw…
GREENSBORO – COVID-19 outbreaks are over at three Guilford County healthcare facilities, according to a…
WASHINGTON, DC – The Build Back Better Act, recently passed by the United States House…
Governor of Minnesota Tim Walz (D) Minnesota Governor Tim Walz (D) activates the State National…
2020 changed the way the family celebrated the holidays. This was especially true for families…
COLUMBUS, Ohio – As the Food and Drug Administration strives to expand COVID-19 recall eligibility,…
GREENSBORO — State health officials have declared an end to COVID-19 outbreaks at three Guilford…
All but one of Philadelphia’s 47 nursing homes have met the city’s mandate to vaccinate…
HARRISBURG, Pa .– Pennsylvania will no longer require nursing homes to report their COVID-19 cases…
Layoffs have taken place at the seven nursing homes where more than 800 residents were…
RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) – One-fifth of Virginia nursing homes fail to meet expected staffing levels…
October 18, 2021Media contact:Deidre McCabe, Director, Communications Office, 410-767-3536Andy Owen, Assistant Director, Media Relations, 410-767-6491Update…
Nursing homes are struggling to meet worker immunization mandates despite the likelihood of federal sanctions.…
When states and health facilities started establishing immunization mandates, there was talk that this would…
Illinois nursing home staffing shortages have reached critical proportions, and people of color are most…
(WSIL) – The Illinois general assembly tasked the Department of Health and Family Services with…
GREENSBORO – Three Guilford County nursing facilities were newly listed this week in a state…
Twelve nursing home patients died in Hollywood, Florida after Hurricane Irma hit in September 2017.…
CORRECTION: An earlier version of this press release omitted three nursing facilities with 99% of…
ALBANY – Nursing homes desperate to address staffing shortages related to New York’s new COVID-19…
The provisions of a new law that came into force on October 1 make it…
Newsweek recognizes NYC Health + Hospitals post-acute care facilities as the best nursing homes in…
Despite improvements in Medicaid rates in recent years, reimbursement from the state of Illinois has…
BHOPAL: Noting the lack of services, the health department has stepped up its actions against…
October 3 – CUMBERLAND – For weeks, some area nursing homes violated a Maryland requirement…
PROVIDENCE – The state’s health department on Friday evening released a list of 92 healthcare…
Sending your loved ones to a nursing home can be an emotionally heartbreaking decision. But…
Immunization rates for United Memorial Medical Center workers hover around 90% as hospitals and other…
Every day since the start of the school year, Tonya Martin has attended a kindergarten…
A federal report analyzing the lack of in-depth surveillance in nursing homes nationwide during the…
INDIANAPOLIS – A federal report analyzing the lack of in-depth surveillance in nursing homes nationwide…
September 6, 2021Media contact:Deidre McCabe, Director, Communications Office, 410-767-3536Charles Gischlar, Deputy Director, Media Relations, 410-767-6491Update…
ANNAPOLIS, Maryland (WJZ) – The Maryland Department of Health reported COVID-19 vaccination rates among the…
BALTIMORE, Maryland – The Maryland Department of Health (MDH) today announced an update on the…
Izah Azahari Following the COVID-19 outbreak in Brunei Darussalam, the Ministry of Health (MoH) through…
DANVERS – The parent company of nine nursing homes in Massachusetts and Rhode Island -…
Nursing homes and assisted living facilities will have to prove they will be ready to…
ALBANY – Republicans expressed outrage on Friday that the US Department of Justice is not…
The United States is learning from the COVID-19 pandemic. Among these is what works best…
(The Center Square) – The nearly 33,000 deaths from COVID-19 of residents in long-term care…
Audrey Strauss, United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and Scott J.…
The central Illinois man with a developmental disability who died of social isolation because his…
PHILADELPHIA – Acting U.S. Attorney Jennifer Arbittier Williams has announced that SavaSeniorCare LLC and related…
Fairless OKs agreement with county health department for nursing servicesNew Sports Entertainment Way of life…
The characteristics of the LTC system include: (a) the delivery of nursing care in the…
The government’s decision to increase the amount of money nursing homes can claim from the…
Below is an excerpt from a message of hope from Nerissa Gerial, RN, MHA, PhD,…
PORT CLINTON – A partnership between the Ottawa County Sheriff’s Office and the Erie County…
The Department of Health and Medical Services will expand training opportunities for the professional development…