Staffing crunch leads to major investments, union wins
By
Danielle Brown
Dec 03, 2021
Long-term care workers in several regions are in line for significant wage increases after employees received substantial pledges from their respective operators.
What long-term care operators are doing to comply with federal vaccination rule by first deadline
By
Danielle Brown
Kimberly Marselas
Nov 11, 2021
It’s all hands on deck as long-term care operators quickly develop implementation plans to comply with the new federal COVID-19 vaccination rule for workers with the first deadline just over three weeks...
700 nursing home workers strike for better pandemic pay and working conditions
By
Danielle Brown
Nov 24, 2020
An Illinois nursing home operator could be without its regular workforce for a prolonged period after about 700 workers walked off on the job after contract negotiations stalled.
COVID-19-caused kidney injuries heighten demand for dialysis
By
Alicia Lasek
May 17, 2020
About 15% of patients hospitalized for coronavirus develop acute kidney injury. One SNF dialysis provider has seen a 114% increase in demand for its services.
All nursing home residents, staff ordered to be retested for coronavirus
By
Danielle Brown
Apr 20, 2020
West Virginia nursing home residents and staff members will be retested for the 2019 novel coronavirus following an executive order issued Friday by Gov. Jim Justice (R).
The head of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention stressed the need for repeated testing among staff members to stop the spread of COVID-19 in nursing homes.
Feds ‘irresponsible’ to pass COVID-19 testing burdens on to providers, states
By
Danielle Brown
Jun 01, 2020
Providers are again calling on the federal government to offer additional funding and resources for coronavirus testing to all aging services providers to help them meet new regulations.
New York reportedly allows COVID-19-positive staff to continue working in nursing home
By
Liza Berger
May 01, 2020
New York’s Health Department signed off on a move to allow nursing home nurses and other staff who tested positive for COVID-19 to continue caring for residents with the virus, according to a news report.
APIC urges healthcare workers to continue masking despite CDC pullback
By
Joe Bush
Oct 04, 2022
A major association for infection prevention professionals is strongly urging its members to continue masking in patient care areas even though the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention loosened its...
Nursing home administrators’ commitment pushed them through fears of the sector’s collapse during...
By
Joe Bush
Dec 14, 2022
Nursing home administrators stressed about their industry’s sustainability due to the costs of responding to COVID-19, lost revenue, and the negative portrayal of nursing homes by the media, found a...