Category: Nursing Homes
Biden Administration Proposes New Standards to Boost Nursing Home Staffing
The nation’s most thinly staffed nursing homes would be required to hire more workers under new rules proposed on Friday by the Biden administration, the greatest change to federal nursing home regulations.
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Vaccine Medical Exemptions Are Rare. Thousands of Nursing Home Workers Have Them.
Thousands of nursing home workers have found a way to avoid getting vaccinated, claiming what experts say are questionable medical exemptions from a federal mandate for health care employees, which went into effect this year.
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Hospitals, Nursing Homes Fail to Separate COVID Patients, Putting Others at Risk
Dozens of nursing homes and hospitals ignored official guidelines to separate COVID patients, as a result staff became infected and some died.
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Staffing Nursing Homes Was Hard Before the Pandemic. Now It’s Even Tougher.
Nursing homes were short-staffed before the coronavirus pandemic hit. Now it’s even harder to recruit and retain nurses and aides needed to care for residents.
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As COVID-19 Lurks, Families Are Locked Out Of Nursing Homes. Is It Safe Inside?
Citing privacy, facilities often won’t disclose how many residents are infected. Unable to visit, families can’t see for themselves how loved ones are doing.
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As Coronavirus Cases Grow, So Does Scrutiny Of Nursing Home Infection Plans
Health inspections regularly turn up lapses in infection control at nursing homes, which are cited more than any other type of deficiency.
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