BREAKING: CMS announces details of ‘unprecedented’ national nursing home training program...
By
Danielle Brown
Aug 25, 2020
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services announced details of “unprecedented” training for nursing homes Tuesday morning to combat the spread of COVID-19.
The good news about person-centered care in the midst of COVID-19
By
Joan Devine
May 17, 2020
Recently the team at Pioneer Network posed a question to fellow pioneers, individuals who have been with us on this journey to change the culture of aging. The question was “has person-centered...
White House pledges quicker access to COVID medications
By
Danielle Brown
Mar 03, 2022
Long-term care operators would have access to COVID-19 treatments faster for residents who test positive under a new White House initiative.
Verma: Feds to prioritize nursing homes with three or more COVID-19 cases for point-of-care tests
By
Liza Berger
Danielle Brown
Jul 15, 2020
The federal government will prioritize nursing homes with three or more coronavirus cases during the initial distribution of point-of-care COVID-19 tests.
While the flu spreads faster, coronavirus is more deadly
By
Danielle Brown
Mar 11, 2020
There are multiple key differences between the coronavirus and influenza despite the viruses having several similarities in symptoms, according to the World Health Organization.
Use of elastomeric respirators could reduce providers’ need for N95 masks
By
Alicia Lasek
Jun 15, 2020
The flexible masks are cost effective, reusable, and could solve the problem of ongoing N95 mask shortages, finds a study set in an academic medical center.
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...
More than 50 coronavirus wrongful death suits have been filed against long-term care facilities
By
Danielle Brown
Oct 01, 2020
Dozens of nursing homes and long-term care providers across the country are already being targeted with coronavirus-related lawsuits, a new report shows.
‘Out in the cold’: LTC pharmacies ask to be matched with vaccination sites, relief funds
By
Alicia Lasek
Dec 22, 2020
As their businesses groan under the weight of COVID-19-related expenses, long-term care pharmacists are pressing federal officials for relief funds and asking for a bigger role in coronavirus vaccinations.
BREAKING: CMS resumes routine inspections for nursing home providers
By
Danielle Brown
Aug 17, 2020
After nearly five months, federal officials disclosed Monday that they are resuming routine inspections for all Medicare- and Medicaid-certified providers and suppliers.