BREAKING: Feds partner with CVS, Walgreens to provide pending COVID-19 vaccinations to all senior care...
By
James M. Berklan
Oct 16, 2020
Residents and workers of all long-term care settings will receive free vaccinations against the coronavirus onsite under a special public-private partnership with pharmaceutical giants CVS and Walgreens,...
MemoryWell expands offerings with life story app Trib
By
Kimberly Marselas
Oct 13, 2020
Digital storytelling platform MemoryWell has added the life story app Trib, bolstering its timeline service with new interactive video and audio capabilities to help families connect across generations....
‘No time to be afraid’: Providers recall early months of pandemic, resilience of sector
By
Danielle Brown
Oct 09, 2020
The resilience, work ethic and sacrifice made by providers and staff during the current public health crisis were honored by the nation’s largest nursing home association Thursday as it kicked off its...
Acrylic partitions aim to make visits safer for users of wheelchairs, rollators
By
Kimberly Marselas
Oct 07, 2020
An acrylic wheelchair/rollator protection barrier is the latest product from Florida-based SafeguardMyBiz, once best known for its sneeze guards. Designed with nursing home, rehab and assisted living...
Government ‘vastly undercounted’ nursing home deaths following Hurricane Irma, study finds
By
Danielle Brown
Oct 07, 2020
Hundreds of deaths of Florida nursing home residents due to Hurricane Irma were not accounted for — by more than 400 when compared to what was reported by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention...
Kindred sells off RehabCare to Select Rehabilitation in blockbuster deal
By
James M. Berklan
Oct 05, 2020
Kindred Healthcare, which swiftly exited the skilled nursing care business a handful of years ago after becoming the second-largest for-profit nursing home chain in the U.S., announced today that it is...
Resident poll reveals pandemic’s emotional toll: Frail elders need ‘something to live for’
By
Alicia Lasek
Oct 02, 2020
A direct poll of nursing home residents in 36 states reveals a “drastic” reduction in social activities and a steep increase in reported loneliness. “Innovative distance socializing” may help address...
How to do it … Rehab in the COVID-19 age
By
John Hall
Oct 01, 2020
Rehabilitation therapists may not technically be considered frontline by some, but they have come to be seen as just as essential as caregivers to surviving the global pandemic. The road has been bumpy,...
Is this our moment?
By
Jacqueline Vance, RNC, CDONA/LTC
Oct 01, 2020
It is unarguable: As of March 2020, our lives changed. When we knew COVID-19, this new novel coronavirus, was in our country, life changed as we knew it. And I believe that this pandemic has exposed how...
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.
