Cubigo adds visitor registration as families return
By
Kimberly Marselas
Jun 10, 2020
The digital platform Cubigo has added a new feature that supports contactless guest registration that can be used as retirement and other senior living facilities begin easing restrictions on visitation...
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services is considering extending waivers on telehealth coverage beyond the coronavirus health crisis, according to a report by Inside Health Policy.
Feds: Emergency department visits increase with age of nursing home residents
By
Alicia Lasek
Jun 04, 2020
While residents aged 60 to 69 were found to account for 2% of ED visits, those aged 90 and older accounted for 24% of visits, according to new data.
Future protocols for detecting COVID-19 in nursing homes
By
Brian Wallace
Jun 03, 2020
Since my last reporting, I’ve noticed a shift in the post-acute sector relating to how individuals within the industry are being impacted by COVID-19. This novel virus is unlike anything we’ve...
Operators avert big strike
Jun 01, 2020
ILLINOIS — Dozens of Illinois nursing home providers averted a strike by increasing wages by 24% and agreeing to provide hazard pay for workers.
Tragic conditions in nursing homes the result of ‘decades of neglect’ from bad policy: researchers
By
Danielle Brown
May 29, 2020
The coronavirus pandemic and its impact on nursings has exposed the federal government’s failure to properly invest in a “safe and effective” long-term care system, researchers argue in a perspective...
Administrators suspended at veterans nursing home hard hit by COVID-19
By
Danielle Brown
May 29, 2020
Two top administrators at a veterans nursing home hit hard by the coronavirus were suspended indefinitely by Pennsylvania military leaders. The suspension comes as state officials investigate the nursing...
CareWorx concert series for senior care debuts this week
By
Kimberly Marselas
May 20, 2020
A free, virtual concert series backed by senior care tech companies Cliniconex and CareWorx Fully Managed debuts Thursday on YouTube Live. More than 80 communities had already signed up for Moments for...
The reopening dilemma
By
Liza Berger
May 20, 2020
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services on Monday issued new guidance on when nursing homes should be open to visitors. Among the criteria: testing of residents and staff to make sure COVID-19 is...
At the crossroads: Legal considerations where government investigations overlap with tort risk in long-term...
By
Tom Barnard
Jill Steinberg
May 19, 2020
Note: See full list of authors below story. In roughly the seventh week after a majority of states and the federal government issued emergency declarations or “lock down” executive orders,...