The development of a safe and effective COVID-19 vaccine has always been a matter of “when” not “if.” Significant advances in vaccine development, a coordinated global response...
Nursing homes and assisted living facilities: Federal scrutiny expected to continue
By
Margaret E. Daum
Kristina Arianina
Callan Smith
Oct 05, 2020
While COVID-19 infections are widespread, the virus disproportionately affects the nation’s most vulnerable populations, including seniors. According to an updated estimate from two healthcare experts,...
How to take families from outraged to understanding
By
Steven Buslovich, M.D.
Oct 02, 2020
The COVID-19 pandemic is causing fears, anxieties and uncertainties for everyone, and these feelings can manifest in anger and rage. Physicians and other practitioners are often the target of these tirades,...
Coronavirus: Is your senior care community prepared for a widespread outbreak?
By
David Wilkins
Mar 05, 2020
Our nation’s response to coronavirus is as fast-moving as the virus itself. In a short few months, the virus has evolved from an emergent, localized threat to a global healthcare crisis, causing...
Reimagining our nation’s older adult care system
By
Jeannee Parker Martin
Oct 30, 2020
No one could have predicted the challenges COVID-19 has brought to caregivers and the millions of older adults they serve. But the pandemic has exposed major and systemic issues in the older adult care...
Stolen valor: Trump administration takes credit for nursing homes’ efforts during pandemic
By
Sondra Norder
Jun 10, 2020
Over the Memorial Day weekend, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Administrator Seema Verma penned an op-ed in Newsweek magazine titled “President Trump’s Early Action to Combat Coronavirus...
Communicating with patients and families during COVID-19: Five messages to consider
By
Virginia Feldman, M.D.
Mar 31, 2020
It has now been more than two weeks since the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced new measures to protect nursing home residents from COVID-19. Already, providers, patients and family...
What 2021 has in store on the legal front
By
Neville M. Bilimoria
Jan 20, 2021
Everyone has been celebrating that 2020 is over, and who can blame them? Yet, I can’t help think the legal issues facing long term care in 2020 won’t necessarily go away in 2021. Some of the lingering...
The challenge of protecting dementia residents during the coronavirus pandemic
By
Joel Landau
Jul 01, 2020
The new normal resulting from the coronavirus pandemic has presented a particular challenge to those afflicted with Alzheimer’s disease or dementia, as well as the dedicated healthcare professionals...
Prepare now for upcoming COVID testing, reporting rules and new penalties
By
Amy Wilmot Schrader
Stefanie J. Doyle
Oct 22, 2020
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ wide-ranging rule bolstering its regulatory authority to address issues relating to the COVID-19 public health emergency contains two notable directives...