Up to 4 million coronavirus test kits on the way; nursing homes want priority
By
Danielle Brown
Mar 10, 2020
Providers who’ve been unable to test residents and employees for coronavirus due to limited access may have their chance starting this week.
PointClickCare adds infection prevention and control tool
By
Kimberly Marselas
Apr 29, 2020
PointClickCare on Tuesday announced a new infection prevention and control solution designed to provide ongoing, centralized resident surveillance at the facility and enterprise level. Clinical teams,...
Love in the time of … COVID-19
By
Jean Wendland Porter
Apr 08, 2020
To borrow from Gabriel Garcia Marquez, writer of Love in the Time of Cholera: “He allowed himself to be swayed by his conviction that human beings are not born once and for all on the day their mothers...
SNF operating margins in the red without emergency aid
By
Danielle Brown
Jan 19, 2022
The median operating margin for skilled nursing facilities in 2020 was 1.5% lower when compared to the previous year and COVID-19 relief funding was removed, according to a new report released by CliftonLarsonAllen...
New Orleans style: Louisiana facility uses second-line parade to celebrate recovered COVID-19 patients
By
Danielle Brown
May 21, 2020
A Louisiana skilled nursing facility celebrated its residents who successfully recovered from COVID-19 the way only a New Orleans-area facility could — with a second-line parade.
All nursing homes should have POC testing devices by end of September
By
Danielle Brown
Aug 27, 2020
About 5,600 point-of-care testing devices have been shipped to nursing homes so far, a top federal official revealed this week.
Quit treating pandemic’s toll on nursing homes like a ‘bad apples’ problem, expert...
By
Alicia Lasek
Jun 14, 2020
It’s time for the federal government to “own” the problem of containing COVID-19 by paying for and arranging testing across nursing facilities, long-term care policy expert David Grabowski...
OSHA has your back – for now
By
John O'Connor
Jul 20, 2020
It’s no secret that most operators have been struggling lately. The coronavirus has hammered this field in almost every way possible. Thousands of residents and staff have perished, with the prospect...
HHS nominee emphasizes COVID-19 data reporting
By
Danielle Brown
Feb 25, 2021
President Joe Biden’s pick to be the next secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services stressed the importance of states accurately reporting COVID-19 data — with an emphasis on nursing...
Parkinson: Recent jump in COVID-19 cases at nursing homes ‘incredibly frustrating’
By
Danielle Brown
Aug 13, 2020
The leader of the nation’s largest nursing home association expressed disappointment with the recent spike in COVID-19 cases at long-term care facilities after months of improvement.