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U.S. News rankings highlight significance of nursing home staffing shortages

Fewer than one in five nursing homes earned top honors in the latest U.S. News Best Nursing Homes 2026 rankings.

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Patient advocates say new nursing home staffing standards don’t go far enough

While the new minimum staffing standards for nursing homes are the most substantial in decades, many say they don’t go…

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Parsing the deadly problem of low vaccination rates in nursing homes

In this webinar, hear why vaccination rates for COVID-19, RSV and even the flu remain low among nursing homes and…

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Parsing the deadly problem of low vaccination rates in nursing homes

In this webinar, hear why vaccination rates for COVID-19, RSV and even the flu remain low among nursing homes and…

Liz Seegert
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Report shows many nursing home violations not have been publicly reported

OIG says CMS underreported inspection report violations for health, fire safety, emergency preparedness in a random sample, with a projected…

Liz Seegert
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U.S. News & World Report nursing home ratings poke holes in CMS ratings

Photo by Wellness Gallery Catalyst Foundation: https://www.pexels.com/photo/man-people-woman-girl-12085633/ U.S. News & World Report recently released its 2022-2023 nursing home ratings, which revealed…

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An uptick in nursing home COVID deaths, cases

COVID-related nursing home cases and deaths are on the rise again, according to recently published data on AARP’s COVID-19 dashboard. And…

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Is the Biden administration’s plan to revamp nursing home standards enough?

It took a pandemic and tens of thousands of deaths before most people became aware of just how bad circumstances were in…

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Study shows racial differences in COVID-19 nursing home deaths

Racial disparities are glaringly obvious when examining COVID-19 caseloads, hospitalizations and deaths. A new study in JAMA Open looks at…

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Does care suffer as private equity firms buy struggling nursing homes?

Private equity firms are in the business of making money. On the surface, there is nothing wrong with that. However,…

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