TEXAS — Just 12 nursing homes had met Texas’ criteria for resuming visitation at their facilities since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, as of press time.
Document to reduce risk of COVID-19 lawsuits: expert
By
Liza Berger
Oct 01, 2020
As COVID-19 cases rise in long-term care facilities, a legal expert is stressing the importance of documentation and training to prevent operators from being the subjects of coronavirus-related litigation.
Ask the legal expert: How stringent can we be about visitation times and what can we do to or about violators?
By
John Durso
Oct 01, 2020
We have had some family members disagree with our visitation policy. The tension has worsened due to the pandemic, and state and local authorities clamping down to protect long-term care residents. How...
How to do it … Rehab in the COVID-19 age
By
John Hall
Oct 01, 2020
Rehabilitation therapists may not technically be considered frontline by some, but they have come to be seen as just as essential as caregivers to surviving the global pandemic. The road has been bumpy,...
Home care on your tail
By
John O'Connor
Oct 01, 2020
I have a suggestion for skilled care operators who aren’t losing enough sleep due to COVID-19.
Is it possible? A kinder, gentler survey proposed
By
James M. Berklan
Oct 01, 2020
The nursing home surveying scene in California has recenlty attracted a lot of national attention lately, as well it should.
Is this our moment?
By
Jacqueline Vance, RNC, CDONA/LTC
Oct 01, 2020
It is unarguable: As of March 2020, our lives changed. When we knew COVID-19, this new novel coronavirus, was in our country, life changed as we knew it. And I believe that this pandemic has exposed how...
October FocusOn Briefs
Oct 01, 2020
TekTone enters remote patient monitoring space with Stay Smart Care transaction, CarePredict to publish research on wearable device outcomes, contact tracing, and Kisco adds temp monitoring sign-in kiosks...
Providers face up to $8K in fines for not testing all staff
By
Danielle Brown
Sep 01, 2020
Operators could face fines up to $8,000 if they don’t comply with new federal regulations that mandate nursing homes routinely test all staff members for COVID-19.
Federal infection control training starts
By
Danielle Brown
Sep 01, 2020
Nursing home providers can participate in an “unprecedented” infection control training program designed to help them better manage COVID-19 in their facilities.