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Assisted living centers are rare in Mass, but many families still don’t know what they offer — or what they don’t.
The mobile health clinic, which was born out of the coronavirus pandemic, initially aimed to meet the increased demand for ...
A public health agency official has told the UK Covid-19 inquiry that visiting in care homes during the pandemic was about "managing risk". Heather Reid, the interim director of Nursing, Midwifery and ...
More than 67,000 nursing home residents and staff have died from COVID-19, more than a quarter of all coronavirus deaths in the U.S. Long-term care facilities more broadly have seen more than 90,000 ...
Many long-term care providers have started requiring COVID-19 vaccination for workers, but some workers are choosing to lose their jobs instead.
ABCs of EBP The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) introduced EBP as a new approach to using personal protective equipment (PPE) in 2019. The CDC defined EBP as “an infection control ...
Ex-Gov. Andrew Cuomo faces a DOJ investigation over alleged false statements on COVID-19 nursing home policies as he mounts a bid for NYC mayor.
Once the COVID pandemic began to ebb, the MaineHealth integrated health system did a program evaluation and then revised its complex care management framework. At the NAACOS spring meeting, Deborah ...
5 years after COVID-19 lockdowns, state nursing homes still in crisis It’s common for a worker to do the job of three or four people because of staffing issues. Nursing home operators must be ...
Riverside Health Care, in conjunction with the Northwestern Public Health Unit, has declared that the COVID-19 outbreak at Rainycrest Long Term Care Home is now facility wide, adding the Special Care ...
In fact, nursing home management and unions are joining forces to try to lobby the state legislature and the governor to increase Medicaid reimbursement rates in this year’s budget.