Providers on $523M in COVID-19 incentive payments: ‘A testament to the perseverance and commitment...
By
Danielle Brown
Dec 08, 2020
More than two-thirds of eligible nursing homes will receive incentive payments this week for successfully reducing COVID-related infections and deaths between September and October.
‘Right person at the right time’: Winthrop Marshall, chair of LeadingAge during rebranding initiative,...
By
Liza Berger
Dec 08, 2020
The provider community is mourning the death of Winthrop Marshall, the first African American chair of the organization formerly known as the American Association of Homes and Services for the Aging. He...
Providers try to seal the deal: Press Congress and governors for top vaccine priority following key vote
By
Danielle Brown
Dec 04, 2020
The nation’s two largest nursing home associations are pressing state governors and federal lawmakers for additional support following a vote this week by a federal advisory panel recommending that residents...
‘An important step in the right direction’: CDC panel votes LTC residents, workers to the head of...
By
Danielle Brown
Dec 02, 2020
A federal advisory panel’s overwhelming vote to give long-term care residents and healthcare workers first access to COVID-19 vaccines is an “important step in the right direction,” industry stakeholders...
Providers plead for vaccine priority to avoid more devastation as long-term care COVID deaths top 100K
By
Danielle Brown
Dec 01, 2020
Getting COVID-19 vaccines to seniors early could go a long way toward not repeating mistakes early in the pandemic that resulted in the long-term care industry being the hardest hit, provider advocates...
States urged to prioritize long-term care for COVID-19 vaccinations
By
Alicia Lasek
Dec 01, 2020
Just weeks before an expected vaccine rollout, and with final allocation decisions in states’ hands, industry advocates are urging governors to ensure long-term care residents and staff are among...
Nursing homes ‘really at the brink’: Providers beg families to not visit for Thanksgiving
By
Danielle Brown
Nov 24, 2020
Providers across the country are pleading with residents’ families and loved ones to find alternative ways to celebrate the upcoming holidays in order to prevent further disaster at nursing homes.
Regular surveys resume at nursing homes, but CMS treads carefully with enforcement penalties
By
Danielle Brown
Nov 20, 2020
State survey agencies have already begun to resume regular survey activities at nursing homes across the country, according to a top Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services official.
Vast majority of providers struggling to fill work shifts or hire new employees: industry survey shows
By
Danielle Brown
Nov 19, 2020
A majority of providers are struggling to cover shifts and recruit new workers during the ongoing health crisis, according to a new industry audit.
LeadingAge publishes ‘Pandemic Playbook’
By
Kimberly Marselas
Nov 18, 2020
LeadingAge this week introduced the Pandemic Playbook, an interactive collection of insight, tools and best practices for serving older adults during a catastrophic health crisis like the COVID-19 pandemic. ...