After sending hundreds of handmade cards to local nursing home residents over Christmas, a New Jersey 3-yearold turned her attention to ensuring seniors feel loved on Valentine’s Day.
NY won’t release data from nursing home study that found employee spread was driver behind COVID-19...
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Danielle Brown
Jan 13, 2021
New York’s state health department is facing pressure to release facility survey data from a controversial nursing home study that found employee spread was the main force that led to a major COVID-19...
OSHA seeks $83K fine of SNF for allegedly failing to protect staff from coronavirus
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Danielle Brown
Oct 18, 2021
An Illinois skilled nursing facility could be hit with nearly $84,000 in penalties for allegedly failing to protect employees and other staff from COVID-19.
UPDATED: Healthcare worker vaccine mandate back on for 26 states
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Danielle Brown
Dec 16, 2021
Long-term care providers in 26 states will still have to comply with a federal COVID-19 vaccine mandate after a federal appeals court on Wednesday reversed a nationwide block against the rule.
Virginia facility pays $90k to settle lawsuit alleging it denied deaf resident admission over extra needs
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Danielle Brown
Apr 29, 2021
A Virginia skilled nursing provider accused of denying a resident admission because she was deaf has settled a federal disability lawsuit for $90,000, the Department of Justice announced this week.
NJ toddler sweetens seniors’ Valentines
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Danielle Brown
Jan 01, 2022
After sending hundreds of handmade cards to local nursing home residents over Christmas, a New Jersey 3 year old turned her attention to ensuring seniors feel loved on Valentine’s Day.
Genesis reportedly won’t mandate COVID-19 vaccinations for workers
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Danielle Brown
Dec 07, 2020
The largest nursing home operator in the United States plans to ensure all workers have access to COVID-19 vaccines at its facilities, but it will not require them to take them, according to a recent report...
Union pickets over nursing home related-party concerns
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Danielle Brown
Jun 02, 2022
An East coast-based employee union is accusing a nursing home chain of using self-dealing contracts to increase profits instead of appropriately providing for residents and workers.
Senators probe Medicaid managed care, LTSS programs
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Danielle Brown
Sep 03, 2019
The leaders of the Senate Finance Committee are seeking answers about access and quality of states’ long-term services and support (LTSS) programs following a shift in care to non-institutional based...
White House plan to distribute 7 million N95 respirators to nursing homes welcome, but more still needed
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Danielle Brown
Aug 19, 2020
A plan to distribute 7 million N95 respirator masks from the federal stockpile to nursing homes is promising but a more coordinated strategy is needed to beat the pandemic, according to a leading industry...