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nursing homes
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As nursing home death and infection rates rise, how is isolation affecting seniors?
As the U.S. enters what experts predict may be the most severe months yet of the COVID-19 pandemic, the number…
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New partnership seeks to boost nursing home safety
A new partnership will provide free training and mentorship to nursing homes across the country to improve evidence-based infection prevention…
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Nursing home commission recommends changes to combat COVID-19
A special commission looking into the large number of cases and deaths from COVID-19 in nursing homes says numerous changes…
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Reporter looks at misuse of rapid COVID-19 tests in nursing homes
It can be difficult in normal times to get reliable, timely information from many long-term care facilities without filing FOIAs…
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One in five nursing homes still lack sufficient PPE
Despite promises from the Trump administration, a recent study confirmed that many nursing homes still lack the necessary resources to…
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Staffing in nursing homes matters when combating COVID-19
Why are some nursing homes doing so much better at containing the coronavirus among residents and staff than others? Testing,…
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Report examines senior living facilities in the wake of COVID-19
The devastating toll of the coronavirus pandemic in nursing homes has had a domino effect on the entire senior living…
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As death rates rise, nursing and LTC facilities face critical testing, PPE challenges
Six months after the first nursing home residents died of the novel coronavirus, many nursing homes and long-term care facilities…
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Nursing homes get more financial help, must test more often
U.S. nursing homes that participate in Medicare and Medicaid will be getting a $5 billion infusion of “provider relief funds”…
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Problems found in initial federal data on COVID-19 in nursing homes
When Seema Verma, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services administrator, announced June 4 that she and the Centers for Disease…
