The COVID-19 mitigation strategies of social distancing, face coverings and handwashing not only will help to curb the spread of the coronavirus, they will help to lessen the severity of the upcoming flu...
Not so fast: Providers must check to make sure their state permits POC COVID-19 testing devices, guidance...
By
Liza Berger
Jul 31, 2020
As nursing homes wait for point-of care testing instruments and supplies to arrive from the federal government, they first should make sure they are complying with state public health guidelines regarding...
Nursing directors should process personal pandemic grief first, clinical expert says
By
Liza Berger
Nov 11, 2020
As part of dealing head-on with the challenges of the pandemic, directors of nursing in long-term care need to make sure they personally come to grips with the grief and stress they have experienced, believes...
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...
‘He was a good guy’: New Jersey nursing home administrator succumbs to COVID-19
By
Liza Berger
Mar 24, 2020
The long-term care community in New Jersey is still reeling after COVID-19 claimed one of its own last Thursday.
COVID-19 puts rehab patients, providers in uncharted territory
By
Liza Berger
Nov 12, 2020
The pandemic has forced rehabilitation providers to re-examine their modes of practice as they deal with the effects of COVID-19 on nursing home residents and staff, two rehab leaders said recently during...
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.
A winning strategy during COVID-19
By
Liza Berger
Apr 28, 2020
Amid all the dark news emerging about the coronavirus and nursing homes, there’s a bright spot, and it’s one that other top-flight nursing homes should emulate.:
LTC now has higher federal priority for PPE, testing
By
Danielle Brown
Liza Berger
Apr 30, 2020
Long-term care providers have finally been given a higher priority status to receive personal protection equipment and other relief from the federal government during the ongoing coronavirus health crisis.
‘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.