Minnesota starts testing nursing home inspectors before entering facilities
By
Danielle Brown
Sep 08, 2020
Nursing home surveyors in Minnesota are now being tested for COVID-19 after state officials faced criticism for allowing the inspectors to go into facilities without first being tested for the disease.
Clinical briefs for Friday, April 9
By
Alicia Lasek
Apr 09, 2021
Focus shifts to short-stay residents to prevent future COVID-19 outbreaks … U.S. COVID vaccination rates to plateau in April, survey results suggest … U.S. hits COVID shot target; 25% of adults now...
Fear of potential side effects the top reason nursing home workers hesitate to get COVID vaccine: study
By
Danielle Brown
Jan 04, 2021
More than two-thirds of nursing home staffers cited associated side effects as the top reason for why they’re skeptical to receive a COVID-19 vaccine, according to a new study.
NY won’t release data from nursing home study that found employee spread was driver behind COVID-19...
By
Danielle Brown
Jan 13, 2021
New York’s state health department is facing pressure to release facility survey data from a controversial nursing home study that found employee spread was the main force that led to a major COVID-19...
A medicalized program has increased survival rates and reduced hospital referrals during facility-wide virus outbreaks, researchers say.
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...
About one-fourth of SNFs reported false positives from antigen tests, industry study finds
By
Danielle Brown
Sep 21, 2020
About 20 to 25% of skilled nursing facilities have received false positive results from their COVID-19 point-of-care antigen testing devices, a joint survey conducted by the American Health Care Association...
Providers must take more nuanced approach to visitors, CMS nursing home chief warns
By
Kimberly Marselas
Oct 13, 2021
OXON HILL, MD — Federal regulators are expecting nursing homes to do more to “maximize visitation,” according to a top official at the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.
As nursing homes fret COVID-19 vaccine distribution, only 14% say they’ll mandate it for staff
By
James M. Berklan
Dec 18, 2020
Nursing home operators continue to worry about the timing and quantities of newly approved COVID-19 vaccines reaching them this week and next, but some of the fretting could be for nought. Less than 15%...
Verma: Nursing homes shouldn’t take COVID-19 patients if they’re not prepared
By
Danielle Brown
Jul 02, 2020
A leading health official again pushed back against criticism from some states that the federal government’s guidance for nursing homes during the coronavirus pandemic contributed to the disease’s...