Additional $20B in relief funding available to providers starting Monday
By
Danielle Brown
Oct 02, 2020
Healthcare providers that have already received coronavirus relief payments through the Provider Relief Fund can apply for additional funding starting Monday.
More staff creativity called for: 64% of nursing home residents no longer leave their rooms to socialize,...
By
Danielle Brown
Oct 02, 2020
Nearly two-thirds of nursing home residents do not leave their rooms to socialize anymore since the onset of the coronavirus pandemic, a new survey by healthcare research group Altarum has revealed.
New law requires SNFs to report disease-related deaths within 24 hours during emergencies
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Danielle Brown
Oct 02, 2020
Skilled nursing facilities in California now must report all disease-related and suspected disease-related deaths to the state’s Department of Public Health within 24 hours during declared public health...
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Oct 02, 2020
Federal health officials stress need for LTC workers, residents to get flu vaccine … Michigan establishes care and recovery centers in shift from controversial nursing home policy … CMS releases 2021...
CDC: Repeated testing pivotal
By
Danielle Brown
Oct 01, 2020
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s director stressed the need for repeated testing of staff members to stop the spread of COVID-19 in nursing homes.
Visitor contact more than halved: research
By
Danielle Brown
Oct 01, 2020
Nursing home visits of all kinds fell by 53% between March and April, immediately following the onset of the coronavirus pandemic, according to September findings by SeniorLiving.org Research.
60 seconds with … Katie Smith Sloan
Oct 01, 2020
Katie Smith Sloan, President, CEO, LeadingAge
Ask the treatment expert: What are the best practices for treating a patient with multiple wounds?
Oct 01, 2020
What are the best practices for treating a patient with multiple wounds?
October IT Update
Oct 01, 2020
Nursing home residents would have quicker access to breakthrough technologies as treatment options under a new Medicare coverage pathway proposed by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.
Testing rules, requirements are ‘unsustainable’: operator
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Danielle Brown
Oct 01, 2020
Even with additional testing resources from the federal government, one nursing home operator said current costs combined with new surveillance requirements are simply “unsustainable.”