New York SNF brings annual Macy’s parade to residents
By
Danielle Brown
Dec 02, 2020
The Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade took on a different look this year by restricting in-person attendance and turning it into a television-only event due to the ongoing public health crisis.
‘An important step in the right direction’: CDC panel votes LTC residents, workers to the head of...
By
Danielle Brown
Dec 02, 2020
A federal advisory panel’s overwhelming vote to give long-term care residents and healthcare workers first access to COVID-19 vaccines is an “important step in the right direction,” industry stakeholders...
Nominations open for 3rd annual McKnight’s Women of Distinction awards
Dec 02, 2020
McKnight’s Long-Term Care News and McKnight’s Senior Living have opened the nomination process for the third annual McKnight’s Women of Distinction awards program.
‘Situation will only get much worse’: COVID cases rise by 177% in nursing homes
By
Danielle Brown
Dec 02, 2020
Weekly COVID-19 cases at long-term care facilities increased nearly twofold between mid-September and mid-November, according to new data from the nation’s largest nursing home association.
Also in the News for Wednesday, Dec. 2
Dec 02, 2020
Bipartisan group unveils $908B coronavirus relief package proposal … Kindred completes sale of RehabCare to Select Rehabilitation … Providers stress staffing struggles during roundtable with Georgia...
Hardest trial ahead for SNFs
By
Danielle Brown
Dec 01, 2020
Providers are now about halfway through what likely will be the most dangerous stage of the coronavirus crisis and must remain strictly vigilant, the former head of the Food and Drug Administration warned...
Alzheimer’s blood test here
By
Danielle Brown
Dec 01, 2020
A new blood test that can detect the presence of Alzheimer’s brain plaques became the first to hit the commercial market on a wide scale in late October, according to developer C2N Diagnostics.
Medicare pays for C-19 care
By
Danielle Brown
Dec 01, 2020
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services in mid-November announced that Medicare will cover monoclonal antibody therapy for COVID-19 treatments.
Most using agencies to cover shift gaps
By
Danielle Brown
Dec 01, 2020
A majority of senior housing and skilled nursing operators were relying on staffing agencies or temporary workers to meet their workforce needs as of mid-November, a provider survey revealed.
60 seconds with … Lane Bowen
Dec 01, 2020
Lane Bowen, Executive VP, Chief Strategic Officer, Avalon Health Care