nursing homes

Health & Safety

N.C. Data Release Shows 4 Nursing Homes With 10-Plus Deaths

6:26pm April 27, 2020

by Associated Press

Employees of the Symphony of Joliet nursing home in Joliet, Ill., go to work last Friday. At least 21 people, including two staff members, have died of COVID-19 at the facility.

Nursing Home COVID-19 Reporting Rules To Be Strengthened

11:02am April 20, 2020

by Mark Katkov

The federal government "will require nursing homes to inform residents, their families and their representatives of COVID-19 cases in their facilities." Notification must be given within 12 hours.

All 84 residents of Magnolia Rehabilitation and Nursing Center in Riverside, Calif., were evacuated from the facility in early April after 39 residents tested positive for the coronavirus.

Health & Safety

Discharging COVID-19 Patients To Nursing Homes Called A 'Recipe For Disaster'

9:57am April 20, 2020

by Ina Jaffe

New York and New Jersey want nursing homes to accept recovering hospital patients, regardless of their COVID-19 status, to free up space in hospitals. What's to keep the virus from spreading?

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West Virginia Governor Jim Justice (pictured in January) has said he wants all nursing home residents and staff for coronavirus.

West Virginia Aims To Test All Nursing Home Residents, Workers for COVID-19

6:45pm April 17, 2020

by Sarah McCammon

West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice said there have been discrepancies in data from the homes, and wants even those already checked to be retested.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis speaks during a news conference in front of a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers mobile command center at the Miami Beach Convention Center last week. DeSantis says he wants to ramp up testing at the state's long-term care facilities.

Fla. Governor Says National Guard Ramping Up Coronavirus Testing In Nursing Homes

11:23am April 14, 2020

by Scott Neuman

Gov. Ron DeSantis says he wants to increase the number of National Guard personnel on "strike teams" that have been sent to long-term care facilities in the state to identify COVID-19 cases.

A bottle of hydroxycloroquine sits on a table outside the entrance to The Resort at Texas City nursing home, where Robin Armstrong, a doctor and the home's medical director, is giving the drug to residents

COVID-19 Patients Given Unproven Drug In Texas Nursing Home, Garnering Criticism

6:16pm April 10, 2020

by Vanessa Romo

A Texas doctor decided to give dozens of coronavirus patients at a nursing home a controversial, experimental medication, in some cases without telling their families first. He defends the decision.

Health & Safety

More Deaths Spur New North Carolina Nursing Home Directives

2:36pm April 09, 2020

by Associated Press, Gary D. Robertson

National

Have You Been Denied Re-Entry To Your Nursing Home After Hospitalization?

3:24pm April 01, 2020

by Liz Baker

Have you been refused reentry to a nursing home or care facility after hospitalization for respiratory issues? Share your stories with us.

Seema Verma, administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), speaks during a news conference in Washington, D.C., Tuesday, March 10th, 2020.

To Stop The Pandemic, Seema Verma Is 'Getting Rid Of A Lot Of Regulations'

7:41pm March 31, 2020

by Mary Louise Kelly

As head of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Verma says she's working to ease safety rules and lighten licensing requirements, to expand the number of hospital beds and health workers.

The mouthpiece of a CPAP (continuous positive airway pressure) device delivers enough pressurized air to keep the breathing passage of someone who has obstructive sleep apnea open throughout the night.

CPAP Machines Were Seen As Ventilator Alternatives, But Could Spread COVID-19

1:12pm March 27, 2020

by Markian Hawryluk

Doctors say the machine that helps some people with sleep apnea keep their airway open at night won't be enough to help an ill COVID-19 patient breathe and could spread the coronavirus to bystanders.