Are smart healthcare facilities the wave of the future?
By
Joel Landau
Nov 06, 2020
Amid the horrors of the coronavirus pandemic, there was a hopeful glimpse of healthcare’s future. And it came from the very epicenter of the outbreak — Wuhan, China — where in the early days of March,...
‘Abandoned’ nursing homes reveal pandemic’s ‘unbelievable’ stress
By
Danielle Brown
Jun 15, 2020
Nursing home and long-term care members describe feeling “abandoned” during the coronavirus pandemic, despite well-known research that had indicated the disease would be lethal for the residents they...
Long-term care facilities don’t have enough access to testing in order to meet the federal government’s weekly COVID-19 testing recommendations, according to a new report released by Democrats with...
Temperature control problems blamed for residents missing out on COVID shots
By
Danielle Brown
Jan 07, 2021
Hundreds of nursing home residents and staff members at a New York facility were unable to get the coronavirus vaccine this week after many doses were lost due to temperature control issues.
Senior living community adds post-COVID ‘rehab hotel’ recovery program
By
Alicia Lasek
Apr 12, 2021
A New Jersey-based senior living provider has dedicated rooms in assisted living to care for people who have ongoing medical issues after a bout with COVID-19.
OnPointe CEO: Pandemic should be catalyst for payment changes, shedding ‘wrong strategy’
By
Kimberly Marselas
Jan 29, 2021
Some look at the ongoing COVID-19 crisis and question how they can make their buildings safer. Eric Tanner, CEO of transitional and skilled care specialist OnPointe, sees the crisis as a launching point...
Shots gone bad: Residents at five facilities must get COVID-19 vaccine again after doses are stored wrong
By
Danielle Brown
Feb 04, 2021
Leaders at five Ohio long-term and residential care facilities are working with Walgreens and state officials to re-administer COVID-19 vaccines to residents following a storage error caused by the pharmacy...
Feds to release next $2.5 billion, 1.5 million N95 masks to nursing homes
By
Danielle Brown
Aug 27, 2020
The federal government is shipping 1.5 million N95 respirators from the national stockpile to nursing homes reporting supply shortages.
Omicron variant, lack of booster prioritization could haunt SNFs as occupancy dips
By
Danielle Brown
Dec 10, 2021
Skilled nursing occupancy declined in September, weeks before the omicron variant of COVID-19 arrived and further threatened the industry’s recovery.
Data on COVID-19 in nursing homes is key to stopping spread; race a factor in facility outbreaks: expert
By
Danielle Brown
May 22, 2020
Publicly available data regarding coronavirus cases and deaths in nursing homes is “crucial” to stopping the spread of the disease in facilities, a long-term care expert told U.S. senators Thursday.