Verma details administration’s moves to address COVID-19 in nursing homes … Pennsylvania has fined nursing homes more than $93K during inspections amid pandemic … U.S. plans massive COVID-19 vaccine...
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Mar 17, 2021
Antibiotic use in nursing homes saw a big jump in early pandemic months … PA nursing homes fined more than $31K for COVID-related complaints … First-of-its-kind study finds Pfizer COVID vaccine highly...
Likely ‘years’ before nursing shortage is solved: expert
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Danielle Brown
Feb 18, 2022
Long-term care providers and hospitals still have far to go to overcome the ongoing workforce shortage, and providers in each sector will likely have to contribute creative solutions to survive, according...
Providers must change treatment of healthcare workers to survive COVID-19 storm, avert ‘implosion’
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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...
Wastewater testing effective in identifying new COVID cases in nursing homes, other congregate settings:...
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Danielle Brown
May 19, 2021
Long-term care providers have another tool for detecting COVID-19 infections earlier to avoid large outbreaks within their facilities.
Emergency funding, staffing have been key factors for provider’s survival during COVID-19
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Danielle Brown
Aug 17, 2020
On several occasions, the challenge has been different from others for Danny Williams, president and CEO of Eliza Bryant Village in Cleveland. The recurring inquiry he receives? “How is it that a small,...
COVID-19 strategies for success focus of latest McKnight’s Online Forum
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Danielle Brown
May 05, 2020
Strategies for how providers can “strive and thrive” during the COVID-19 pandemic will be the focus of a special McKnight’s Online Forum next week.
First vaccine deadline arrives for healthcare workers in half the nation
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Danielle Brown
Jan 28, 2022
Surveyors can now evaluate long-term care providers’ compliance with a federal COVID-19 vaccine mandate covering healthcare workers in half of the United States. Many long-term care providers are ready...
Arizona foundation showers residents with brightly wrapped gifts
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Danielle Brown
Dec 16, 2021
A Phoenix organization is making sure all local nursing home residents have a gift to unwrap this holiday season.
Saliva-based antigen testing better than PCR nasal swab, researchers argue
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Danielle Brown
Sep 15, 2020
Nursing home operators may have better luck using saliva-based, rapid antigen testing for screening COVID-19 within their facilities over polymerase chaise reaction (PRC) nasal swab because of the tool’s...