Study across Genesis facilities finds marked difference in COVID outcomes for boosted residents
By
Alicia Lasek
Dec 08, 2022
Vaccine boosters appeared to play a key role in preventing COVID–19-associated morbidity and mortality across two large LTC systems.
Time to roll up those sleeves and mandate vaccines
By
Kimberly Marselas
Feb 24, 2021
For the last month or so, we’ve spotlighted successes from the COVID-19 vaccine front, trying to understand which strategies truly help providers drive up acceptance rates. Even the smallest details...
Nearly half of nursing home residents with COVID-19 show no symptoms, national study finds
By
Alicia Lasek
Oct 21, 2020
A multi-state study in Genesis HealthCare facilities found that more than 40% of nursing home residents with COVID-19 are asymptomatic. Facility-wide testing was more successful in detecting these lurking...
Providers appeal to VP to investigate PPE distribution ‘failures’; Senate subcommittee holds hearing...
By
Danielle Brown
Jun 12, 2020
Providers across the country have reported they’ve received faulty personal protective equipment from the federal government. The second largest nursing home association is now calling on Vice President...
Early vaccination sped up decline in COVID infections, study in Genesis facilities finds
By
Alicia Lasek
Apr 20, 2021
Nursing homes that administered shots early in the COVID-19 vaccine rollout experienced a lower rate of new infections compared to later-vaccinating sites. The results underscore the efficacy of the drugs...
More than 70% of nursing homes say operations unsustainable under current conditions
By
Danielle Brown
Aug 14, 2020
A vast majority of nursing home operators don’t believe they’ll be able to sustain operators for another year if current conditions caused by the public health crisis continue. That’s according to...
Providers push back against report that ‘unfairly and inaccurately’ criticized operators’ lobbyists...
By
Danielle Brown
Aug 18, 2020
The nation’s largest nursing home association is pushing back after a major national media outlet criticized the long-term care industry’s lobbying efforts aimed at helping providers survive the public...
AHCA, LeadingAge set goal of 75% staff vaccination before July
By
Danielle Brown
Feb 26, 2021
Three-quarters of all nursing home workers would be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 by summertime if an initiative launched Thursday by the nation’s top two provider groups proves successful.
For-profit providers still on hot seat in final House COVID report
By
Joe Bush
Dec 12, 2022
Months after its first attack, a key House COVID subcommittee on Friday targeted five of the nation’s five largest for-profit nursing home companies over low staffing and wages and slow vaccine booster...
Why nursing homes won’t be catching many breaks this year
By
John O'Connor
Feb 03, 2014
When you talk to experts in this field about the year ahead, an unsettling pattern soon emerges. Almost everyone seems fairly confident that regulators will be taking a much closer look at operators.