
COVID-19 in nursing homes came from community spread
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Community spread was the leading cause of COVID-19 outbreaks in long-term…
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Community spread was the leading cause of COVID-19 outbreaks in long-term…
During the lockdown of nursing homes at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, Irma Rappaport…
March 10, 2022 4 minute read Source/Disclosures Disclosures: Crnich and Taylor report no…
Faced with skyrocketing agency rates, long-term care providers have decided to launch in-house agency services…
I’m a nurse’s assistant at a nursing home in Renton. Our workforce has cared for…
Nursing companies provide important healthcare services to people around the world. Although there are many…
Live music is back in the halls of the Idola St-Jean long-term care home. Snow…
While Montana State Hospital in Warm Springs has been singled out for failing to meet…
As a country on the verge of solving the problem of its aging population, China…
Spry old people seem so happy. But if you want to make them frown (and…
Nursing homes continue to report staffing shortages, and during the push for the Omicron variant…
Achieving maximum return on investment (ROI) is one of the most ambitious goals for any…
Skilled nursing facilities saw the lowest cost increase compared to other long-term care facilities in…
David Rines in his room at Birchwood Terrace Rehab and Healthcare in Burlington on Sunday,…
Administrators of Connecticut’s 209 nursing homes and long-term care facilities were stunned earlier this year…
The American Health Care Association launched the Revenue Cycle Management Academy on Monday, offering an…
Two years ago, Diane Hathaway of Glenwood had serious concerns about the care her mother…
Unless a family member becomes too frail to live independently without help, most of us…
David Wahlberg | Wisconsin State Journal With Wisconsin’s primary election coming up on Tuesday and…
Running a nursing home is hard enough without getting scammed. Yet that is exactly what…
Imagine your aging mother had to go to the hospital and is now discharged from…
PENNSYLVANIA – Four skilled nursing facilities currently caring for large numbers of COVID-19 patients will…
A public review of draft standards for Canadian nursing homes has begun, as some homes…
Nursing homes, grappling with record staffing shortages and a rise in Covid-19 infections, will soon…
BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KERO) — Protecting those most vulnerable. That was the message at the start…
Last year, Caribou Rehab and Nursing Center had more certified practical nurses than there were…
ELIZABETH HERTEL, DIRECTOR of the state Department of Health, addresses the state in February 2021.…
After coping with the first year of COVID-19, Friendship Manor on Rock Island and many…
AUSTIN (KXAN) — As COVID-19 cases surge in Texas nursing homes, another crisis is plaguing…
SMALL ROCK, AK. – Long-term care facilities and nursing homes have seen an increase in…
The COVID situation in local nursing homes is considerably better than it was at the…
A bill that would impose tougher penalties on nursing homes in repeated violation of state…
New Jersey nursing homes, overwhelmed by the recent surge in COVID-19 infections caused by the…
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — Ohio nursing homes have said they are facing a staffing shortage…
ALBANY – Governor Kathy Hochul signed an executive order temporarily preventing the entry into force…
California nursing homes will receive further scrutiny this year as part of a new set…
New York nursing homes file complaints New York Nursing Homes are suing a slew of…
[UPDATED] Each of the city’s 13 skilled nursing facilities has more than 70% of its…
(The Center Square) – More than 9,000 healthcare workers in Indiana – more than 11%…
TALLAHASSEE, Florida –A Florida lawmaker from Tallahassee introduced legislation to ensure Floridians in long-term care…
Editor’s Note: This story has been corrected to show that the highest staff The vaccination…
As the pandemic rages on and a workforce crisis continues, nursing home advocates want Kansas…
Even before the pandemic began, many New Jersey long-term care facilities were understaffed, but over…
(KNSI) – Minnesota has a new plan to bring at least 1,000 new nurses to…
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…
Woodbury, NY: The Cold Spring Hills Center for Nursing and Rehabilitation (photo by Steve ……
WASHINGTON, DC – The Build Back Better Act, recently passed by the United States House…
SOUTHINGTON – Three skilled nursing facilities operated by or affiliated with Hartford HealthCare Senior Services,…
KENNETT SQUARE – Twenty-eight skilled nursing facilities affiliated with Genesis HealthCare in the United States…
LACONIA – As fatigue among nurses has become more common due to anxiety, burnout and…
Governor of Minnesota Tim Walz (D) Minnesota Governor Tim Walz (D) activates the State National…
Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont (D) Credit (rights managed): Brad Horrigan / Hartford Courant / Tribune…
For months, the VA insisted it had no legal obligation to provide house-to-house breakdown of…
State lawmakers plan to give Ohio nursing homes $ 300 million in federal funds to…
After peaking at 3.8% linked to the pandemic in Q3 2020, defaults as a percentage…
Click to enlarge (Adobe Stock) About 83% of Ohio nursing home residents are fully vaccinated…
COLUMBUS, Ohio – As the Food and Drug Administration strives to expand COVID-19 recall eligibility,…
TOPEKA, Kan. (WIBW) – A report by the American Health Care Association and the National…
Virginia day closed its schools in March 2020, Tom Orsini knew he would have a…
New York State can mandate COVID vaccination for anyone involved in healthcare. What it cannot…
More than one in ten nursing homes in Nova Scotia have closed to new admissions…
The Muskogee Elder Resource Council (MERC) resource group adopts residents of one of Muskogee County’s…
Monroe Community Hospital (MCH) Director of Nursing Kristen Schulmerich this week accepted the 15th National…
CLEVELAND, October 29, 2021 / PRNewswire / – Revenues for skilled nursing facilities are expected…
PUBLIC HEALTH DISSEMINATION The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health (Public Health) continues to…
It’s a tough time for long term care facilities right now. Two of them in…
LOS ANGELES (CNS) – With booster doses of COVID-19 vaccines now available, Los Angeles County…
Due to the reduced occupancy capacity, nursing homes are reporting that families trying to place…
The COVID-19 pandemic has now dominated the lives of New Jerseyans for almost two years,…
These days, hiring a temporary nurse looks like an eBay bidding war, said Brendan Williams.Williams,…
RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) – One-fifth of Virginia nursing homes fail to meet expected staffing levels…
MANKATO – The newly proposed personnel reinforcements cannot arrive soon enough for the besieged nursing…
Nursing homes are struggling to meet worker immunization mandates despite the likelihood of federal sanctions.…
Illinois nursing home staffing shortages have reached critical proportions, and people of color are most…
AUSTIN, Texas, October 13, 2021 / PRNewswire-PRWeb / – Over the summer, Experience Care released…
LINCOLN, Maine (WABI) – Colonial Healthcare in Lincoln will begin shutting down long-term nursing services…
In an effort to address staff shortages and improve the quality of care in nursing…
Federal investigators this week visited two state-run veterans’ homes as part of the U.S. government…
Long-term care facilities in Pennsylvania are considering denying admissions to new residents due to persistent…
ALBANY – Nursing homes desperate to address staffing shortages related to New York’s new COVID-19…
Hospitals and nursing homes are advocating that the state relax its requirement that every Colorado…
Data compiled by a lobby group for state nursing homes paints a grim picture where…
Newsweek recognizes NYC Health + Hospitals post-acute care facilities as the best nursing homes in…
AUSTIN (KXAN) – Voters in Texas will consider eight proposed constitutional amendments on the ballot…
Despite improvements in Medicaid rates in recent years, reimbursement from the state of Illinois has…
Sending your loved ones to a nursing home can be an emotionally heartbreaking decision. But…
New York officials plan to turn to the National Guard to help keep nursing homes…
(ASSOCIATED PRESS) – Hospitals and nursing homes in the United States brace for worsening staff…
ARKANSAS (KNWA / KFTA) – The FDA and CDC have given the go-ahead to distribute…
Residents and nursing home staff saw an increase in the coronavirus in the four weeks…
No one from Chesterwood Village immediately responded to a request for comment.LegendA third of Ohio…
COLUMBUS (WCMH) – Ohio hospitals are under siege with COVID-19 cases and now nursing homes…
“We are grateful that the federal government has made COVID-19 booster injections available to our…
Hospitals in the Tri-Cities area on Monday set a new record for the number of…
A federal report analyzing the lack of in-depth surveillance in nursing homes nationwide during the…
The shortage of staff in long-term care is not new. Wyoming AARP director Sam Shumway…
INDIANAPOLIS – A federal report analyzing the lack of in-depth surveillance in nursing homes nationwide…
What there is to knowNew Jersey faces more than 100 active outbreaks of COVID-19 in…
As operators across the country seek ways to modernize to attract new generations of patients…