Winter weather emergency, pandemic put Texas nursing homes into deepest freeze yet
By
Danielle Brown
Feb 19, 2021
The resilience of Texas skilled nursing providers is being tested following severe winter storms and extreme cold temperatures that have caused sustained power outages and multiplied operational challenges...
Pure determination: Young CNA drives more than 25 miles on 4-wheeler to make shift at Mississippi nursing...
By
Danielle Brown
Feb 24, 2021
Where there’s a will there’s a way. A 22-year-old Mississippi certified nursing assistant proved just that after trekking more than 25 miles on a four-wheeler during a winter storm in order to make...
72 SNFs safely evacuated
Oct 18, 2019
FLORIDA —The state of Florida evacuated 72 nursing homes and assisted living facilities in late August in an effort to keep residents safe from Hurricane Dorian. Just four of the long-term care...
Former employees charged in Hurricane Irma nursing home deaths trying to keep video footage private
By
Danielle Brown
Mar 17, 2020
Former Florida nursing home workers on trial for the deaths of 12 residents during Hurricane Irma are looking to block more than 1,000 hours of surveillance footage that was recorded during and after the...
Providers must change treatment of healthcare workers to survive COVID-19 storm, avert ‘implosion’
By
Danielle Brown
Feb 01, 2022
The likelihood that long-term care and other providers survive severe staffing shortages and COVID-19 crisis will depend on their ability to change how healthcare workers are treated so they can continue...
Residents step up for tornado victims
By
Danielle Brown
Apr 01, 2022
Nursing home residents are typically characterized by how much help they need. But those wisened individuals also like to offer help when they can.
How SNFs ‘held their ground’ during omicron surge
By
Danielle Brown
Feb 23, 2022
Despite seeing record-breaking COVID-19 case counts during the omicron spike, skilled nursing facilities were able to weather the storm with minimal deaths among residents, according to new analysis from...
Resizing operations an option for providers struggling to rebound
By
Danielle Brown
Oct 27, 2021
COVID-19’s severe impact on the long-term care industry has forced many providers to resize operations while they weather the storm — but the key to succeeding depends on how well operators know their...
‘This is the perfect storm’: CDC releases new guidance as providers face gown, mask shortages amid...
By
Danielle Brown
Mar 19, 2020
The federal government has issued guidance on the best ways to conserve personal protection equipment, such as gowns and facemasks, as supply shortages become a larger concern for providers and healthcare...
‘We have been in a fight for our lives’: Providers spending hundreds of thousands on testing, PPE
By
Danielle Brown
Jul 30, 2020
Long-term care providers took their complaints about lack of pandemic support to new heights Wednesday as they urged lawmakers to push for additional resources for operators as the next coronavirus relief...