Showing posts with label Covid-19. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Covid-19. Show all posts
Friday, July 2, 2021

COVID-19 Still Killing 800 a Month in Nursing Homes

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Nursing home deaths from COVID-19 remain sharply down from their winter peaks, but the declines have now plateaued and more than 800 residen...
Wednesday, June 30, 2021

Nursing Home Mortality Rate Soared 32 Percent in 2020

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The coronavirus pandemic’s “devastating impact” on nursing homes led to a 32% spike in overall mortality rate among Medicare residents durin...
Friday, June 25, 2021

Nursing Home Residents May Have Lower Vaccine Immune Response

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A COVID-19 vaccine administered to nursing home residents in northeast Ohio was less effective in creating an antibody response in them than...
Monday, June 14, 2021

Nearly 40% of SNF's Reported No 2020 COVID-19 Deaths; SNF Risk of Death Still Ten Times Higher than Independent Living

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In rare good news regarding health outcomes in nursing homes, particularly during the pandemic, a recent study found that nearly 40% of nurs...
Friday, June 11, 2021

Guardian Lawfully Refused Family's Request to Remove Ward from Nursing Home Amidst Pandemic

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COVID-19 may have revealed with horrific and heart-breaking clarity just how deeply is the bias for institutional care in our legal and heal...
Thursday, May 27, 2021

CMS Requires LTC Providers Report Weekly COVID Vaccine Data; Data Made Public

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Long-term care facilities are required to report weekly data on COVID-19 vaccination status for both residents and staff under a new interim...
Wednesday, May 19, 2021

Single Rooms Might Have Prevented 31% of Long-Term Care COVID-19 Deaths

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A study spanning several countries found that the infrastructure of long-term care has to change drastically to protect residents from healt...
Wednesday, May 12, 2021

COVID Propels Aging in Place; Institutionalization of Seniors Drops

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In the wake of the pandemic, Americans are avoiding nursing homes and other rehabilitation homes for the elderly.  Increasingly, Americans a...
Tuesday, May 11, 2021

Ohio Permits Owners to Revise Property Tax Valuations Where Impaired by Covid-19

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Ohio Governor Mike DeWine signed Ohio Senate Bill 57 on April 27, 2021,  which becomes effective July 26, 2021. The new law allows an owner ...
Friday, May 7, 2021

Consumer Voice Issues Summaries of CMS Visitation and CDC Quarantine Guidance

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In the wake of COVID-19 isolation concerns  in skilled nursing facilities (see, e.g., " Seniors Dying from Isolation Amid Pandemic- One...
Tuesday, April 27, 2021

Early COVID-19 Vaccinations Reduce Nursing Home Cases

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A  new study recently found that facilities that started the COVID-19 vaccination process earlier were less likely to have new cases  compar...
Monday, April 12, 2021

New York Repeals Health Care System Protection from COVID-19 Liability

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New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo recently signed a bill repealing a state law protecting health care facilities and professionals from COVID-19 re...
Tuesday, March 2, 2021

SNF COVID Crisis Over? SNF COVID Deaths Fell 66% in Wake of Vaccine Clinics as Overall U.S. Fatalities Rose 61%

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After a year of remarkable tragedy in nursing homes, a new analysis of federal COVID-19 data shows a significant drop in resident deaths in ...