Vigilance and an emergency plan may help nursing homes forestall future coronavirus infections
By
Alicia Lasek
Apr 21, 2020
The coronavirus will pose risks for the foreseeable future, but careful planning will make a cluster infection or outbreak less likely, says a leading geriatrician.
Feds increase emergency access to personal respirators, including N95 masks
By
Alicia Lasek
Mar 03, 2020
The FDA has authorized the use of respirators normally approved for industry to maximize supply for care providers during the coronavirus outbreak.
Stealth heart attack symptoms often ignored, delaying care
By
Alicia Lasek
Sep 12, 2019
Mild, slow heart attack symptoms may sneak up on residents with multiple health problems, delaying time to treatment by five hours.
Feds encourage healthcare facilities to brush up on active shooter training following deadly incident
By
Marty Stempniak
Nov 27, 2018
A federal agency is encouraging nursing homes to take a refresher course on preparing for active shooters after a deadly incident at a Chicago hospital last week.
Senator blasts move to ‘weaken’ nursing home emergency prep measures
By
Marty Stempniak
Nov 21, 2018
The ranking member of the U.S. Senate Committee on Finance on Monday blasted a proposal from the Trump Administration to ease requirements that nursing homes must meet to prepare for emergencies.
Exercising and evaluating CMS emergency preparedness plans
By
Terry Zysk
Nov 02, 2018
You can’t painstakingly document and evaluate during an exercise or emergency, but detailed and comprehensive event logs can provide a great deal of information for evaluation.
Experts cite LTC’s better disaster preparedness scores but say more needed
By
Marty Stempniak
Apr 24, 2018
How well-prepared is your nursing home in the event that a disaster strikes — be it an active shooter, hurricane, cybersecurity attack or outbreak of Legionnaires disease?
Residents, nearby college placed on lockdown after shooting outside Georgia nursing home
By
Kimberly Marselas
Feb 12, 2018
A nursing home employee was killed in the building’s parking lot Friday morning, authorities said.
4 considerations for building your emergency preparedness plan
By
Diane Doherty
Jan 09, 2018
From Hurricanes Irma and Harvey to the California wildfires, there has been no shortage of extreme weather around the country.
Lessons Learned: What falling out of the sky taught me
By
Martie Moore
Jan 05, 2018
Suddenly the plane dropped and items went flying, including people. We heard the strange noise again and realized that this was not normal turbulence.