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Some Health Care Workers Say They Are 'Forgotten' In COVID-19 Vaccination Plans

2:01pm January 05, 2021

by Gabrielle Emanuel

Clinicians in private practice, those who work for staffing agencies and others who are not directly employed by hospitals or long-term care facilities say they have been overlooked in the rollout.

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Pharmacists prepare doses of a COVID-19 vaccine last week at the Life Care Center of Kirkland in Kirkland, Wash. The nursing home was an early epicenter for coronavirus outbreaks in the United States.

COVID-19 Vaccine May Not Get To Long-Term Care Facilities Quickly Enough

1:45pm January 05, 2021

by Will Stone

COVID-19 vaccines are reaching more long-term facilities, but many worry they won't come soon enough to stave off more deaths.

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Health & Safety

N.C. A&T Study Aims To Lower COVID-19 Impact In Residential Care Facilities

10:25am December 21, 2020

by Neal Charnoff

Researchers at North Carolina A&T State University are hoping a new study will help reduce the number of COVID-19 cases and deaths at residential care facilities, including nu

Health & Safety

Half Of Forsyth County COVID-19 Deaths Connected To Nursing Homes

4:46pm December 03, 2020

by April Laissle

State officials announced this week that residents of long-term care facilities will be among the first in North Carolina to receive a COVID-19 vaccine.

Health & Safety

Iowa Doctor Says Money And Staffing Needed To Handle Coronavirus In Nursing Homes

5:49pm November 16, 2020

Dr. Glenn Hurst says hospitalizations are growing in part because of a nursing home "bottleneck." Many people rehabilitate at nursing homes after leaving the hospital.

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On average, each U.S. nursing home is connected to seven others through shared staff, a study by Yale and UCLA researchers suggests. Rigorous infection control measures can curb the spread of the coronavirus, but many workers say they still don't have suf

They Work In Several Nursing Homes To Eke Out A Living, And That May Spread The Virus

6:30pm October 26, 2020

by Jackie Fortiér

Most nursing homes are connected by shared staff to seven others. Instead of limiting workers to one facility to curb COVID-19 spread, advocates urge better pay and more PPE for nursing home staff.

Researchers say 70% of nursing homes are for-profit, and low staffing is common.

For-Profit Nursing Homes' Pleas For Government Money Brings Scrutiny

7:20am October 22, 2020

by Ina Jaffe

For-profit nursing homes say the coronavirus has left them almost broke and needing financial help from the government. But critics say their business model is the problem.

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Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, left, speaks during a news conference along with Dr. Joshua Lenchus, chief medical officer of Broward Health Medical Center on Monday. The number of patients in Florida hospitals for COVID-19 was relatively stable, at just below

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As COVID Numbers Improve, Florida Considers Nursing Home Visits

3:39pm August 04, 2020

by Greg Allen

As Florida's coronavirus cases begin to flatten, state officials are considering a plan to allow people to visit family members in nursing homes.

Hundreds of nursing home residents have been transferred as a result of their facilities treating COVID-19 patients only.

Nursing Home Residents Moved Out To Make Way For COVID-19 Patients

9:00am August 04, 2020

by Ina Jaffe

Some nursing homes have switched to treating only COVID-19 patients, who bring in more government money. But to make room for them, the original residents are forced out of places they've called home.

A new report found that citations for over-prescribing antipsychotics to nursing home residents declined significantly between the end of the Obama administration and the first half of the Trump administration.

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Study: Nursing Home Residents Not Protected From Antipsychotic Drugs Under Trump

5:00am July 28, 2020

by Ina Jaffe

Enforcement of rules protecting nursing home residents from antipsychotic drugs has declined during the Trump administration, according to a new report.