1 in 8 nursing home workers have completed COVID-19 training program, CMS says
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Danielle Brown
Nov 18, 2020
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services is calling for more nursing home staff members to complete its new training program designed to help stop the spread of COVID-19.
Federal judge vacates ‘Public Charge’ rule denounced by LTC advocates
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Danielle Brown
Nov 04, 2020
A federal judge has struck down a rule that long-term care advocates previously warned could limit immigrants’ access to long-term care services and hurt the industry’s workforce.
HHS updates Provider Relief Fund reporting requirements
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Danielle Brown
Oct 26, 2020
The federal government is no longer limiting providers’ use of Provider Relief Funds for covering lost revenue due to the coronavirus, according to an updated memo issued late last week.
Visitor contact more than halved: research
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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.
12 facilities resume visits
Oct 01, 2020
TEXAS — Just 12 nursing homes had met Texas’ criteria for resuming visitation at their facilities since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, as of press time.
Keeping workers will be biggest struggle for nursing homes as pandemic persists, national policy expert...
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Danielle Brown
Sep 30, 2020
Workforce challenges that have plagued long-term care operators during the coronavirus pandemic will get worse as the crisis further progresses this year, one of the nation’s top health policy analysts...
Parkinson urges states to consider community spread, facility preparedness before resuming nursing home...
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Danielle Brown
Sep 17, 2020
The spread of COVID-19 within a community and a facility’s ability to handle an outbreak should be key indicators for officials when deciding if in-person visits should resume at nursing homes, the leader...
‘Heartbreaking’: All contact with nursing home residents fell by more than half, study shows
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Danielle Brown
Sep 14, 2020
Nursing home operators took limiting in-person contact with residents very seriously after the onset of the coronavirus pandemic. Visits of all kinds fell by 53% between March and April, new findings by...
Also in the News for Tuesday, Sept. 8
Sep 08, 2020
OIG: Some states didn’t fully implement requirements for national background check program … State lawmakers study COVID-19’s deadly impact on nursing homes … Georgia lawmaker stresses need for...