The new normal? COVID-19 precautions and innovations drive daily life even as vaccinations rise, cases...
By
Kimberly Marselas
Mar 01, 2021
As COVID-19 began its death march through long-term care facilities early last spring, Principle LTC President and CEO Lynn Hood opened a Special Care Unit to treat infected patients from many of her chain’s...
How to do it … Documenting the COVID-19 vaccine rollout
By
John Hall
Mar 01, 2021
In assessing the obstacles in the sometimes-bumpy vaccine rollout last December, Harvard Medical School healthcare policy professor David Grabowski echoed a familiar refrain among critics about “the...
December IT Update
Dec 01, 2020
The Department of Health and Human Services is extending the compliance timelines for the Office of the National Coordinator’s information blocking and interoperability rule finalized in March, due to...
In win for providers, judge vacates ‘Public Charge’ rule
By
Liza Berger
Dec 01, 2020
A federal judge has struck down a rule that provider advocates previously warned could limit immigrants’ access to long-term care services and hurt the industry’s workforce.
Striving to be key resource, Sentrics offers new features
By
Kimberly Marselas
Nov 01, 2020
In recent months, technology provider Sentrics has rolled out a contact tracing and case management platform, integrated safety lighting capabilities, added entertainment options, and debuted its latest...
Visitor contact more than halved: research
By
Danielle Brown
Oct 01, 2020
Nursing home visits of all kinds fell by 53% between March and April, immediately following the onset of the coronavirus pandemic, according to September findings by SeniorLiving.org Research.
Social robot having positive effects on seniors: research
By
Amy Novotney
Oct 01, 2020
Talking robots that interact with older adults might soon become a fixture in senior care homes in the United Kingdom as a way to help fight loneliness and boost mental health.
12 facilities resume visits
Oct 01, 2020
TEXAS — Just 12 nursing homes had met Texas’ criteria for resuming visitation at their facilities since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, as of press time.
Sondra Norder is controlling the narrative
By
Kimberly Marselas
Oct 01, 2020
Sondra Norder, President and CEO of St. Paul Elder Services