¡Ay caramba! Mariachi band puts on special show for Texas patients
By
Danielle Brown
May 19, 2021
A Texas skilled nursing facility decided that Cinco de Mayo was the perfect opportunity to do something special for residents after more than a year of being inside and experiencing limited interaction.
Surgery rates fall in elders; improved screening may be reason
By
Alicia Lasek
May 11, 2021
Despite an aging population and safer surgical procedures, the frequency of abdominal surgery is decreasing among older adults — particularly in those age 85 and older, according to researchers from...
Let the games begin: SNFs host Winter Olympics for residents, staff
By
Danielle Brown
Mar 24, 2021
The onset of the COVID-19 pandemic also meant the cancellation of many annual and long-standing sporting events worldwide.
For-profit providers targeted again in study of COVID-19 care
By
Danielle Brown
Jul 12, 2021
Federal policymakers should be cautious about the influence nursing home ownership has on quality of care after a study found for-profit providers have had worse COVID-19 outcomes, researchers say.
J&J vaccine effective against COVID Delta variant, drugmaker says
By
Alicia Lasek
Jul 06, 2021
Johnson & Johnson’s single-shot COVID-19 vaccine prompts a “strong neutralizing antibody response” that lasts at least eight months, the drugmaker has announced.
Three Maine nursing homes to close for good after ‘exhausting every staffing resource’
By
Kimberly Marselas
Sep 03, 2021
Three rural Maine nursing homes announced their pending closures this week, all of them citing staffing challenges and the ongoing pandemic.
Hundreds of thousands of nursing home residents’ votes at risk thanks to pandemic
By
Danielle Brown
Aug 21, 2020
Visitor restrictions at long-term care facilities and adapted voting procedures due to the pandemic are clouding the prospects of nursing home residents getting to a ballot box this November, advocates...
Providers make gains securing liability protections from COVID-related suits
By
Danielle Brown
Feb 22, 2021
While some providers across the United States are winning the fight to obtain COVID-19 liability protections for nursing homes, others are still struggling to secure immunity.
Virtual tour allows residents ‘Notorious’ museum experience
By
Danielle Brown
Aug 20, 2020
The Illinois Holocaust Museum and Education Center in Skokie, IL, was a popular trip destination for long-term care facilities, senior communities and their residents prior to the coronavirus crisis.
Strikes expanding to new frontlines as stress grows among unexpected healthcare workers
By
Kimberly Marselas
Nov 20, 2023
Strikes like the massive one threatened by Kaiser Permanente’s California blue collar workers last month could be a sign of what’s to come for the broader healthcare sector.