Eldercare should be seen as a health rights issue following the disproportionate loss of nursing home residents during the coronavirus pandemic, the emergencies chief of the World Health Organization said...
Vaccine by fall? Experts leery
By
Liza Berger
Oct 01, 2020
A COVID-19 vaccine likely will not be ready by Election Day, Anthony Fauci, M.D., director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease, said in early September, countering White House forecasts.
HHS widens providers’ use of POC tests to screen for virus
By
Liza Berger
Oct 01, 2020
The Department of Health and Human Services has begun allowing nursing homes, along with assisted living facilities and other congregate settings, to use point-of-care tests to screen for COVID-19.
COVID-19 lockdown resulted in resident weight loss: study
By
Liza Berger
Oct 01, 2020
Significant weight loss in nursing home residents was an unintended consequence of COVID-19-related restrictions this past spring, according to a new study.
Respiratory issues tied to virus readmits
By
Liza Berger
Oct 01, 2020
Respiratory distress has been the most common cause of near-term hospital readmission for patients with COVID-19, investigators said.
Document to reduce risk of COVID-19 lawsuits: expert
By
Liza Berger
Oct 01, 2020
As COVID-19 cases rise in long-term care facilities, a legal expert is stressing the importance of documentation and training to prevent operators from being the subjects of coronavirus-related litigation.
Charges for worker knowingly exposed?
By
Liza Berger
Oct 01, 2020
A Connecticut nursing home supervisor could be facing charges of criminal conduct in connection with working without a mask despite knowingly being exposed to COVID-19.
Analysis: A serious casualty of COVID-19: staffing
By
Liza Berger
Oct 01, 2020
The pandemic has hammered long-term care on numerous operational fronts, from testing the field’s infection control capabilities to influencing occupancy rates. One of the hardest-hit areas has been...
Could smaller be better when it comes to weathering pandemic? Some long-term care companies say yes
By
Liza Berger
Oct 01, 2020
Sometimes there is an advantage to being a smaller operator. In the case of Cascadia Healthcare, which has 22 largely skilled nursing communities in five Western states, its size has allowed it to act...
How Great are we at handling this pandemic? Not so much
By
Liza Berger
Sep 30, 2020
Ultimately, historians may talk about this period as a test of how Great the rest of us are in trying to protect the Greatest Generation.