Additional $20B in relief funding available to providers starting Monday
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Danielle Brown
Oct 02, 2020
Healthcare providers that have already received coronavirus relief payments through the Provider Relief Fund can apply for additional funding starting Monday.
More staff creativity called for: 64% of nursing home residents no longer leave their rooms to socialize,...
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Danielle Brown
Oct 02, 2020
Nearly two-thirds of nursing home residents do not leave their rooms to socialize anymore since the onset of the coronavirus pandemic, a new survey by healthcare research group Altarum has revealed.
New law requires SNFs to report disease-related deaths within 24 hours during emergencies
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Danielle Brown
Oct 02, 2020
Skilled nursing facilities in California now must report all disease-related and suspected disease-related deaths to the state’s Department of Public Health within 24 hours during declared public health...
Fauci and colleagues: Expect a diagnostic challenge this flu season — and stress vaccine education
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Alicia Lasek
Oct 02, 2020
A winter featuring flu and COVID-19 may create a diagnostic muddle for clinicians, said NIAID Director Anthony Fauci in a Thursday news conference. There is a pressing need to educate patients about getting...
Resident poll reveals pandemic’s emotional toll: Frail elders need ‘something to live for’
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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...
More than 50 coronavirus wrongful death suits have been filed against long-term care facilities
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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.
Hearthstone Nursing and Rehab nabs Tech Awards Gold with smart staffing solution
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Kimberly Marselas
Oct 01, 2020
Editor’s Note: The 2020 winners of the McKnight’s Excellence in Technology Awards are being announced daily through Oct. 6. Skilled Care track winners are being announced here by McKnight’s Long-Term...
Could smaller be better when it comes to weathering pandemic? Some long-term care companies say yes
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Liza Berger
Oct 01, 2020
Sometimes there is an advantage to being a smaller operator. In the case of Cascadia Healthcare, which has 22 largely skilled nursing communities in five Western states, its size has allowed it to act...
‘Confounded’ providers urge mandated COVID-19 testing for hospital workers, surveyors
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James M. Berklan
Oct 01, 2020
Healthcare stakeholders who regularly come into contact with skilled nursing residents should be subject to COVID-19 testing mandates similar to those for nursing home employees, a prominent long-term...
100-year-old gets his first birthday bash ever at Ohio facility
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Danielle Brown
Oct 01, 2020
Elmer Kruse, a resident at Terrace View Gardens in Cincinnati never had a birthday party for himself. That changed this year after staff members threw him a 100th birthday celebration to remember.