Pro-GeneX COVID testing supports PharMerica, nursing homes
By
Kimberly Marselas
Jun 10, 2020
Genetic testing company Pro-GeneX has pivoted its services to build on a standing relationship with PharMerica and long-term care clients who need more access to testing during COVID-19 outbreaks. While...
NOTIFY bumps up release of Communications app
By
Kimberly Marselas
Jun 10, 2020
NOTIFY has released NOTIFY Communications, a single-platform communications app designed for senior living communities, early in the wake of COVID-19. NOTIFY Communications is a video, text and voice app...
Medicaid providers receive additional $15B in coronavirus relief funding
By
Danielle Brown
Jun 10, 2020
The Department of Health and Human Services on Tuesday announced the distribution of $15 billion in coronavirus relief funding to Medicaid providers that have not yet received any such payment.
Operators, insurers battle over who should pay for COVID-19 tests for nursing home workers
By
Danielle Brown
Jun 10, 2020
Nursing home operators and insurers are butting heads over who should cover COVID-19 testing costs for workers.
Most nursing home workers believe federal government isn’t doing enough to protect them during pandemic:...
By
Danielle Brown
Jun 10, 2020
About 80% of nursing home workers think the federal government isn’t doing enough to ensure they have enough free testing, personal protective equipment and paid sicks days during the coronavirus pandemic,...
McKnight’s Senior Living Online Expo on June 18 to cover COVID-19
Jun 10, 2020
McKnight’s Senior Living Online Expo is returning for its fourth year this month.
Once again, thank you, brave nursing home workers
By
Liza Berger
Jun 10, 2020
It has been said before, but it bears repeating: Nursing home and other frontline healthcare workers are the ones most at the mercy of this awful coronavirus. And now we have the death lists to prove it.
Discovery turns up the temperature on COVID-19 screenings
By
Alicia Lasek
Jun 10, 2020
A single temperature screening is unlikely to accurately detect COVID-19 in nursing facility residents, investigators have found.
Brace for COVID-19 follow-up care, experts warn
By
Alicia Lasek
Jun 09, 2020
Clinicians should anticipate long-term rehabilitative care needs in COVID-19 survivors and prepare accordingly, say investigators.
Conversation starter: Social distancing more damaging for some residents
By
Alicia Lasek
Jun 09, 2020
Seniors who perceive themselves as younger are less likely to suffer the mental health effects of social distancing, say researchers.