Some believe Pfizer’s COVID pill can help address labor issues
By
Danielle Brown
Jan 06, 2022
Pfizer’s newly approved antiviral COVID-19 pill Paxlovid for treating the disease could be just what nursing homes need to address staffing shortages exacerbated by the public health crisis, according...
COVID vaccine mandate for 25 states newly challenged in federal court
By
Danielle Brown
Jan 05, 2022
The COVID-19 vaccine mandate for healthcare workers in 25 states currently without an injunction against it is being challenged again in a federal appeals court.
Nurse employment a sketchy future, remains 10% below pre-pandemic levels at skilled care facilities:...
By
Danielle Brown
Jan 05, 2022
Fifteen months after the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, nursing home employment remained 13.2% lower than it was in February 2020, just before the public health crisis was declared.
The top long-term care news stories of 2021
By
Danielle Brown
Dec 26, 2021
Here’s a rundown of the top stories that McKnight’s Long-Term Care News readers opened over the past 12 months.
BREAKING: Supreme Court speeds vax mandates to Jan. 7 hearing
By
James M. Berklan
Dec 22, 2021
The U.S. Supreme Court took the unusual step of announcing Wednesday night that it would hear arguments over the administration’s COVID-19 worker vaccine mandate on Jan. 7, three days before it was originally...
Residents without family contact were more likely to die during early pandemic: study
By
Danielle Brown
Dec 21, 2021
Nursing home residents who had no contact with family or friends during the COVID-19 pandemic were more likely to die than counterparts who had regular contact with loved ones, according to a new study...
Healthcare worker, OSHA vaccine mandates headed to Supreme Court
By
Kimberly Marselas
Dec 19, 2021
The immediate fate of a federal vaccine mandate covering most U.S. healthcare workers was in the hands of the Supreme Court this weekend, as the Biden administration sought to reverse an injunction preventing...
Prepare to comply with CMS mandate, but beware possible modifications, delays: expert
By
Danielle Brown
Dec 16, 2021
A legal expert believes the Jan. 4 deadline to comply with the federal government’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate for healthcare workers will likely have to be pushed back for some Medicare- and Medicaid-certified...
Uncertainty over realistic nursing home census indicative of ‘ongoing economic crisis’
By
James M. Berklan
Dec 16, 2021
The nursing home sector may be far ahead of where it was at this time last year as far as operational freedoms and safety go, but the continuing instability caused by the COVID-19 pandemic is perhaps no...
UPDATED: Healthcare worker vaccine mandate back on for 26 states
By
Danielle Brown
Dec 16, 2021
Long-term care providers in 26 states will still have to comply with a federal COVID-19 vaccine mandate after a federal appeals court on Wednesday reversed a nationwide block against the rule.