Nursing home PPE shortages decline, but staff shortages remain unchanged: AARP … $450 million for infection control, strike teams for nursing homes in House bill that advances … ‘Low-value’ Medicare...
Feds mull shortened COVID-19 quarantine period
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Alicia Lasek
Nov 30, 2020
There is “a preponderance of evidence” that a shorter quarantine period, complemented by a COVID-19 test, could effectively prevent transmission of the disease, according to Adm. Brett Giroir, assistant...
Nursing home COVID cases rise four-fold in surge states, resident deaths double, data shows
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Alicia Lasek
Nov 10, 2020
The rising weekly case count includes residents and staff in 20 states. Meanwhile, about one in six nursing homes did not report testing staff members in the prior week.
Don’t shelve rapid tests as COVID cases climb, advocates implore nursing homes
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Alicia Lasek
Nov 03, 2020
Industry advocates say it’s time for facility operators who have not made full use of rapid antigen tests to start doing so — before nursing home deaths begin to spike again. CMS must “take to...
Clinical briefs for Thursday, Oct. 29
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Alicia Lasek
Oct 29, 2020
HHS awards nursing homes $333M in COVID infection-control performance rewards … Severe COVID may age the brain by a decade, researchers say … All adults with endocrine disorders should receive cholesterol,...
Quit treating pandemic’s toll on nursing homes like a ‘bad apples’ problem, expert...
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Alicia Lasek
Jun 14, 2020
It’s time for the federal government to “own” the problem of containing COVID-19 by paying for and arranging testing across nursing facilities, long-term care policy expert David Grabowski...
Report documents quick spread of new coronavirus through U.S. nursing facilities
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Alicia Lasek
Mar 23, 2020
At least 72 facilities in 22 states have infections, along with 55 deaths as of Friday.