Location tracking reveals how COVID-19 may spread between nursing homes
By
Alicia Lasek
Aug 24, 2020
Tracking de-identified smartphone movement between nursing homes confirms that shared staff is a likely source of COVID-19 transmission, investigators say.
Despite PPE, healthcare workers face greater risk of positive COVID-19 test
By
Alicia Lasek
Aug 04, 2020
Frontline providers with access to “adequate” personal protective equipment are three times more likely to test positive for the coronavirus than the general public. The rate rises to fivefold among...
Weekly staff testing may reduce COVID-19 spread, new model shows
By
Alicia Lasek
Apr 26, 2020
Screening healthcare and nursing home workers regularly would reduce their contribution to transmission by about 25%, say researchers.
Healthcare workers first in line for newly approved at-home coronavirus test
By
Alicia Lasek
Apr 21, 2020
Care providers are asked to complete a short eligibility assessment before ordering the FDA-authorized test kit. Self-swabs are mailed back for testing.
Report documents quick spread of new coronavirus through U.S. nursing facilities
By
Alicia Lasek
Mar 23, 2020
At least 72 facilities in 22 states have infections, along with 55 deaths as of Friday.
Clinical Briefs for Tuesday, March 24
By
Alicia Lasek
Mar 23, 2020
CDC releases guidance on preventing spread of coronavirus in senior living communities … Healthcare workers report psychiatric symptoms amid pandemic … Patient organizations urge feds to ease limits...
Clinical Briefs for Monday, March 16
By
Alicia Lasek
Mar 14, 2020
At-risk staff offered a place to stay at Affinity facilities during COVID-19 outbreak … Study details the first known US person-to-person coronavirus transmission … Senators to introduce bill addressing...
Solid staff immunization strategy benefits all, says quality advocate
By
Alicia Lasek
Jan 23, 2020
In eldercare settings, the risks of infectious outbreaks go beyond the direct impact of the illness, the ECRI Institute claims.
Former nursing home owner’s ‘every nickel’ possibly at stake with class action ruling
By
Kimberly Marselas
Jun 14, 2018
A New York judge has cleared the way for residents of a troubled nursing home to pursue a class-action lawsuit against its former owners.
People in LTC who’ve inspired me in 2017
By
Eleanor Feldman Barbera, Ph.D.
Dec 19, 2017
From the 102-year-old Hulk Hogan fan to the doting, selfless caregivers doing behind-the-scenes work, there are numerous people who inspired me in long-term care this year.