LTC residents at high risk for long COVID and its mental health risks: HHS
By
Anjali Byju
Jun 22, 2023
Federal health officials linked a wide variation of mental health symptoms with post-COVID conditions, the US Department of Health and Human Services said on Wednesday.
Many state governments installed new regulations to govern nursing homes during the COVID-19 pandemic, but those state-level policies weren’t clearly linked to reduced transmission, according to new...
Lingering COVID ailments hamper caregivers’ return to work, require follow-up testing: study
By
Alicia Lasek (f3)
Jul 21, 2022
Nearly half of healthcare workers who had COVID-19 experience related complaints for months after coming down with the virus, said researchers releasing new study results along with back-to-work observations.
CDC extends free COVID-19 PCR testing program to assisted living
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Aug 07, 2022
Assisted living communities now have access to free COVID-19 testing through a federal program that previously targeted schools, shelters and correctional facilities.
Improving indoor air quality is new focus of national COVID mitigation strategy
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Dec 08, 2022
Improving this quality measure is key to reducing the toll that respiratory viruses are taking on vulnerable older adults. But current regulations are “simply out of date,” experts say.
White House ‘tripledemic’ focus turns to improving facility air quality
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Dec 08, 2022
One of the best ways to battle the current onslaught of respiratory viruses that is battering older adults and other vulnerable populations is focusing more on improving indoor air quality.
OIG partly blames CMS for Life Care Centers deficiencies
By
Joe Bush
Sep 20, 2022
A federal watchdog said a lack of communication by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services may have caused infection control deficiency citations at Life Care Centers of America nursing homes between...
Healthcare worker vaccination mandate could end after a military vax withdrawal
By
Joe Bush
Dec 06, 2022
Two national vaccine mandates, including the one affecting most nursing home workers, are under attack and could face reversal.
Residents suffered during lockdowns, but new study shows cognition didn’t
By
Kimberly Marselas
Sep 14, 2022
Residents in long-term care did not suffer steeper cognitive declines because of COVID-19-related isolation, countering a fear widely held early in the pandemic, investigators say.
Congress may give providers 2-year relief on CMS physician fee cuts
By
Joe Bush
Dec 01, 2022
Congress appears to be ready to soften proposed Medicare physician pay cuts and might make its aid good for two years instead of one.