Lab cautions nursing homes against inaccuracy of newer, ‘cheaper’ test kits
By
Liza Berger
May 07, 2020
Nursing homes should not use all test kits to detect the presence of the novel coronavirus among residents and staff because of the kits’ likelihood for inaccuracy, the head of a major nursing home lab...
‘The virus isn’t a death sentence’: New Jersey facility takes on COVID-19 with success
By
Liza Berger
May 06, 2020
When the New Jersey Department of Health called in late March for assistance at a nursing home in the area that was overrun with COVID-19, CareOne acted fast.
Provider steps up to the plate
By
Liza Berger
May 06, 2020
COVID-19 has exposed the sensitive spots in senior care — understaffed facilities, lack of resources — but also the innovation that takes place each and every day. Whether it’s being creative...
McKnight’s to hold second COVID-19 Online Forum on May 13
By
Liza Berger
May 03, 2020
COVID-19 continues to challenge long-term care operators in unforeseen ways. To help provide useful and actionable information to readers, McKnight’s is offering its second Online Forum on the crisis...
As deaths rise, scrutiny soars
By
Liza Berger
May 01, 2020
As the COVID-19 death toll continued to mount disproportionately among nursing home residents in mid-April, federal regulators issued historic infection and death reporting requirements.
An about-face ask for masks
By
Liza Berger
May 01, 2020
The Trump administration, in a reversal of previous guidance, recommended in early April that all Americans don “non-medical cloth” face masks in public settings. It had earlier said that Americans...
CDC stresses symptoms do not always show with COVID
By
Liza Berger
May 01, 2020
Because so many people can have COVID-19 and not show symptoms, operators should implement a transmission-prevention strategy when they discover a single case, according to the Centers for Disease Control...
Feds seize medical supplies in price gouging crackdown
By
Liza Berger
May 01, 2020
The Department of Justice and U.S. Department of Health and Human Services last month said they confiscated more than half a million medical supplies from price gougers and began distributing them to healthcare...
Analysis: The COVID-19 post-acute care solution
By
Liza Berger
May 01, 2020
As the nation continues to contend with the surge and aftermath, nursing homes will play a critical role in figuring out how to host and care for a new vulnerable group of individuals.
New York reportedly allows COVID-19-positive staff to continue working in nursing home
By
Liza Berger
May 01, 2020
New York’s Health Department signed off on a move to allow nursing home nurses and other staff who tested positive for COVID-19 to continue caring for residents with the virus, according to a news report.