Blood coagulation issues and other COVID-19 manifestations can cause sometimes unavoidable skin injuries that appear to be pressure wounds. Clinicians should be aware of this when diagnosing and reporting...
Essential cleaning tips in the wake of COVID-19
By
Rick VanderKoy
Jun 23, 2020
The novel coronavirus has hit long-term care facilities hard. In March 2020, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimated that 80% of all deaths associated with COVID-19 were people 65...
McKnight’s Online Forum Wednesday to cover clinical care, global lessons learned and infection...
Jun 23, 2020
The coronavirus pandemic has posed unprecedented challenges for long-term care and senior living communities. McKnight’s will tackle three key issues during its Online Forum: COVID-19 Update IV on...
‘Many lives could have been saved’: Geriatricians needed in pandemic discussions, expert says
By
Danielle Brown
Jun 23, 2020
The federal government and policymakers need to fully engage experts in geriatrics and long-term care medicine to help stop COVID-19’s deadly toll on nursing homes, a long-term care expert told House...
MA plans ordered to cover COVID-19 lab tests
By
Danielle Brown
Jun 23, 2020
Coronavirus lab tests for nursing home residents must be covered by Medicare Administrative Contractors and Medicare Advantage plans, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services announced Friday.
1,900 flags commemorate fallen nursing home workers and residents
By
Danielle Brown
Jun 23, 2020
Nearly 2,000 purple flags were placed along a Michigan boulevard to honor the lives of nursing home workers and residents who have died in the state from the 2019 novel coronavirus.
COVID-19 broke resident engagement. This is how we fix it
By
Charles de Vilmorin
Jun 22, 2020
As the country is planning to reopen after lockdowns due to COVID-19, senior care providers are grasping the implications of this phase for their operations, staff and well-being of residents. An obvious...
Senior healthcare workers are the forgotten front line
By
Jerald Cosey
Jun 22, 2020
The term “healthcare hero” is now widely used in describing hospital and other frontline workers taking care of COVID-19 patients, and rightfully so. People risking their lives to serve others is something...
‘Shared accountability’ should be new nursing home commission’s goal, member says
By
James M. Berklan
Jun 22, 2020
Deep collaboration between regulators and providers is the target of at least some of the panelists for the new federal COVID-19 nursing home commission.