Masks protect the wearer and may lead to milder disease, experts claim
By
Alicia Lasek
Jul 29, 2020
Most masks will block at least some coronavirus particles — staving off severe disease if exposure does occur, a new analysis suggests.
COVID-19 tied to lasting heart damage
By
Alicia Lasek
Jul 29, 2020
A cardiac imaging study has revealed abnormal results in recovered patients. Ongoing heart muscle inflammation was evident regardless of apparent disease severity.
Tips for successful telehealth services implementation in SNFs
By
Jennifer Birdsall
Jul 28, 2020
At CHE Behavioral Health Services, a nationwide organization providing behavioral health services to patients in skilled nursing facilities and now to the general community, we had to work quickly to provide...
Advice from LTC pros who have been through COVID-19
By
Eleanor Feldman Barbera, Ph.D.
Jul 28, 2020
Here is some advice from staff members of New York City nursing homes hit early in the pandemic.
Providers offer mixed reaction to Senate Republicans’ $1T COVID-19 spending bill
By
Liza Berger
Jul 28, 2020
The long-term care associations offered starkly different responses to Senate Republicans’ $1 trillion coronavirus bill, entitled the HEAL Act, which Sen. Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) revealed...
High number of COVID-19 deaths in nursing homes prompts new legislation, soul searching
By
Liza Berger
Jul 28, 2020
The large number of deaths related to the coronavirus in Michigan’s nursing homes has resulted in a congressional inquiry and the Legislature’s passage of legislation to create COVID-only facilities....
HHS: Nursing homes on track to conduct more than 806,000 COVID-19 tests in coming weeks
By
Liza Berger
Jul 28, 2020
Nursing homes will be able to conduct more than 806,000 COVID-19 tests in coming weeks as a result of new point-of-care devices provided by the government, Department of Health and Human Services Assistant...
Also in the News for Tuesday, July 28
By
Liza Berger
Jul 28, 2020
FEMA continues to receive complaints about faulty PPE … Administration to award additional $472M to Moderna for coronavirus vaccine development … Texas nursing home deaths spike in last two weeks
Nearly half of U.S. adults risk severe COVID-19 due to chronic conditions: CDC
By
Alicia Lasek
Jul 27, 2020
The prevalence of common conditions tied to severe COVID-19 ranged from 30% for obesity to 3% for chronic kidney disease, the agency reports.
Eliminating staff ‘cross-traffic’ could have cut nursing home COVID-19 deaths by 44 percent,...
By
James M. Berklan
Jul 26, 2020
Thousands of deaths tied to U.S. nursing homes could have been prevented if operators would have slightly adjusted their staffing model, academic researchers assert in a new study.