Trump administration says testing is key to nursing homes reopening
4 years, 7 months ago

Trump administration says testing is key to nursing homes reopening

CNN  

CNN — The Trump administration recommends that nursing homes test all residents and staff for the coronavirus – and then continue to test employees weekly – as part of its plan to relax restrictions at the facilities, officials said Monday. Testing is among several criteria for reopening nursing homes – which have been hit especially hard by Covid-19 – laid out by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. “The reality is that too many nursing homes and other aging services providers are still desperately in need of testing and personal protective equipment, and we don’t know when or if it’s coming,” said Katie Smith Sloan, CEO of LeadingAge, an association of nonprofit providers of aging services including nursing homes, noting that its members pay up to $250,000 a week to test staff twice a week. Governors should use the $11 billion in federal funding allocated to states for testing to expand efforts in nursing homes and other long-term-care facilities, said Mark Parkinson, CEO of the American Health Care Association and National Center for Assisted Living, which represents more than 14,000 nursing homes and assisted living communities.

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Cuomo testifies before House committee that accused him of COVID-19 cover up
3 months, 4 weeks ago

Cuomo testifies before House committee that accused him of COVID-19 cover up

The Independent  

The latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekday Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Andrew Cuomo began testifying publicly Tuesday before a …

Nursing home oversight would be tightened under a bill passed in Massachusetts
4 months, 1 week ago

Nursing home oversight would be tightened under a bill passed in Massachusetts

Associated Press  

BOSTON — Massachusetts’ oversight of nursing homes would be strengthened, LGBTQ+ nursing home residents would be protected against discrimination, and better controls would be in place to protect against the spread of infectious disease outbreaks, under a new bill lawmakers passed this week. Approved on Thursday, the bill would require long-term care facilities to provide staff training on the rights …

US will regulate nursing home staffing for first time, but proposal lower than many advocates hoped
1 year, 4 months ago

US will regulate nursing home staffing for first time, but proposal lower than many advocates hoped

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — The federal government will, for the first time, dictate staffing levels at nursing homes, the Biden administration said Friday, responding to systemic problems bared by mass COVID-19 deaths. “I would caution anyone who thinks that the status quo — in which there is no federal floor for nursing home staffing — is preferable to the standards we’re …

Nursing home residents at risk as Covid infections rise 23%
2 years, 2 months ago

Nursing home residents at risk as Covid infections rise 23%

Dutch News  

The number of nursing home residents testing positive for coronavirus rose by 23% over the past week and hospital admissions are also rising, public health institute RIVM said in its Tuesday update. ‘Coronavirus can spread quickly in an open society without far reaching measures,’ the RIVM said. The number of coronavirus particles in waste water shot up 75% over the …

Nursing home residents at risk as Covid infections rise 23%
2 years, 2 months ago

Nursing home residents at risk as Covid infections rise 23%

Dutch News  

The number of nursing home residents testing positive for coronavirus rose by 23% over the past week and hospital admissions are also rising, public health institute RIVM said in its Tuesday update. ‘Coronavirus can spread quickly in an open society without far reaching measures,’ the RIVM said. The number of coronavirus particles in waste water shot up 75% over the …

Families struggle to get COVID tests to visit loved ones in nursing and senior homes
2 years, 11 months ago

Families struggle to get COVID tests to visit loved ones in nursing and senior homes

LA Times  

Karen Klink sits next to a sign she used in a protest when it was hard to visit her mother in a memory care facility during a lockdown due to COVID-19 in late 2020. Late last month, as coronavirus cases were skyrocketing, the state declared that nursing homes and other care facilities must require a negative test for COVID-19 for …

Biden to require COVID vaccines for nursing home staff
3 years, 4 months ago

Biden to require COVID vaccines for nursing home staff

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden on Wednesday announced that his administration will require that nursing home staff be vaccinated against COVID-19 as a condition for those facilities to continue receiving federal Medicare and Medicaid funding. Biden unveiled the new policy Wednesday afternoon in a White House address as the administration continues to look for ways to use mandates to encourage …

Nursing homes will need to get staff vaccinated or lose federal funds, Biden says
3 years, 4 months ago

Nursing homes will need to get staff vaccinated or lose federal funds, Biden says

CNN  

CNN — President Joe Biden announced on Wednesday that he is directing all nursing homes to require their staff be vaccinated against Covid-19 in order to continue receiving Medicare and Medicaid funding. “Focusing only on nursing homes will cause vaccine-hesitant workers to flee to other health care providers and leave many centers without adequate staff to care for residents. “The …

DOJ won’t investigate how Pennsylvania handled nursing homes
3 years, 5 months ago

DOJ won’t investigate how Pennsylvania handled nursing homes

Associated Press  

HARRISBURG, Pa. — The Justice Department told Gov. Tom Wolf’s office on Thursday that it has decided not to open an investigation into whether Pennsylvania violated federal law by ordering nursing homes to accept residents who had been treated for COVID-19 in a hospital. The letter comes 11 months after the department told the governors of Pennsylvania, Michigan, New Jersey …

Matt Hancock 'was warned over care home testing at start of pandemic'
3 years, 6 months ago

Matt Hancock 'was warned over care home testing at start of pandemic'

Daily Mail  

Matt Hancock was repeatedly warned over the risk of not testing people discharged from hospitals into care homes at the start of the pandemic, it was claimed today. The Care Provider Alliance, which represents Britain's care homes, said it warned the Department of Health and Social Care on March 26, 2020 that without testing care home residents 'there is no …

New COVID-19 cases plummet at Louisiana’s nursing homes
3 years, 8 months ago

New COVID-19 cases plummet at Louisiana’s nursing homes

Associated Press  

— Louisiana’s nursing homes, once the deadly epicenters of the state’s coronavirus outbreak, have seen new cases of COVID-19 plummet at their facilities this year as most of the facilities’ residents have gotten vaccinated. It’s the seventh week in which Louisiana’s approximately 275 nursing homes reported fewer than 30 new cases, according to state data. Inside the facilities, the change …

Covid restrictions in nursing homes may be relaxed on Monday: Report
3 years, 10 months ago

Covid restrictions in nursing homes may be relaxed on Monday: Report

NL Times  

The cabinet may announce as early as Monday that several corona measures in nursing homes will no longer apply or become more flexible. The Outbreak Management Team is examining the issue whether relaxation in nursing homes is already possible, now that most people there have received an injection against the coronavirus. “We certainly want to offer the relief of measures …

AP: Over 9,000 virus patients sent into NY nursing homes
3 years, 10 months ago

AP: Over 9,000 virus patients sent into NY nursing homes

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — More than 9,000 recovering coronavirus patients in New York state were released from hospitals into nursing homes early in the pandemic under a controversial directive that was scrapped amid criticism it accelerated outbreaks, according to new records obtained by The Associated Press. The new number of 9,056 recovering patients sent to hundreds of nursing homes is more …

AP: Over 9,000 virus patients sent into NY nursing homes
3 years, 10 months ago

AP: Over 9,000 virus patients sent into NY nursing homes

The Independent  

The latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekday Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy More than 9,000 recovering …

Will the US ever have a national Covid-19 testing strategy?
4 years, 1 month ago

Will the US ever have a national Covid-19 testing strategy?

Hindustan Times  

As the coronavirus epidemic worsens, US health experts hope Joe Biden’s administration will put in place something Donald Trump’s has not — a comprehensive national testing strategy. “If we’d had a more robust approach and testing was scaled up as one of the tools, I think much of this third surge would would have been avoidable,” said Dr. Grant Colfax, …

How Trump set up nursing home residents to die in the pandemic
4 years, 1 month ago

How Trump set up nursing home residents to die in the pandemic

Salon  

As the coronavirus pandemic rages to new heights and we gear up for a new administration, there's an important step President-Elect Joe Biden could take right away to protect our most vulnerable population. He could restore the ability for nursing home residents to sue their facilities for poor health standards. Nursing home deaths from COVID-19 in Minnesota and Rhode Island, …

Nursing homes still see dangerously long waits for Covid-19 test results
4 years, 1 month ago

Nursing homes still see dangerously long waits for Covid-19 test results

CNN  

KHN — Nursing homes are still taking days to get back Covid-19 test results as many shun the Trump administration’s central strategy to limit the spread of the virus among old and sick Americans. The federal government “just hands stuff off to nursing homes and then says, ‘Hey, it’s yours; go use it,’” he said. “And then when things fall …

Nursing home COVID-19 cases rise four-fold in surge states
4 years, 2 months ago

Nursing home COVID-19 cases rise four-fold in surge states

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Despite Trump administration efforts to erect a protective shield around nursing homes, coronavirus cases are surging within facilities in states hard hit by the latest onslaught of COVID-19. “Trying to protect nursing home residents without controlling community spread is a losing battle,” said Konetzka, a nationally recognized expert on long-term care. Responding to the study findings, the federal …

Report: Much needs doing to shield nursing homes from virus
4 years, 3 months ago

Report: Much needs doing to shield nursing homes from virus

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The Trump administration is claiming “resounding vindication” from an independent commission’s report on the coronavirus crisis in nursing homes, but some panel members say that’s a misinterpretation of their conclusion that much remains to be done to safeguard vulnerable residents. Vice President Mike Pence met with some of the commission members Thursday and called their report “a significant …

Most US states reject Trump administration's new Covid-19 testing guidance
4 years, 4 months ago

Most US states reject Trump administration's new Covid-19 testing guidance

India Today  

A majority of US states have rejected new Trump administration Covid-19 testing guidance in an extraordinary rebuke of the nation's top agency for disease prevention, according to officials at state health agencies and public statements reviewed by Reuters. The CDC said on Monday that people exposed to Covid-19 but not symptomatic "do not necessarily need a test unless you are …

New COVID-19 mandates on health care facilities get pushback
4 years, 4 months ago

New COVID-19 mandates on health care facilities get pushback

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Threatening fines and funding cut-offs, the Trump administration on Tuesday issued new COVID-19 requirements for nursing homes and hospitals, prompting immediate pushback from beleaguered industries. “Our recommendations for testing in nursing homes go back as far back as March and April,” said Seema Verma, head of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, or CMS. Mark Parkinson, head …

DOJ requests Covid-19 nursing home data from four Democratic-led states and says agency may investigate
4 years, 4 months ago

DOJ requests Covid-19 nursing home data from four Democratic-led states and says agency may investigate

CNN  

Washington CNN — The Justice Department is requesting Covid-19 data from four states “that issued orders” the agency says “may have resulted” in the deaths of nursing home residents from the virus in an effort to determine whether it should investigate if the orders are “responsible” for the deaths. “The Civil Rights Division seeks to determine if the state orders …

1 in 5 nursing homes short on PPE and staff in virus rebound
4 years, 4 months ago

1 in 5 nursing homes short on PPE and staff in virus rebound

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — One in five U.S. nursing homes faced severe shortages of protective gear like N95 masks this summer even as the Trump administration pledged to help, according to a study released Thursday that finds facilities in areas hard-hit by COVID-19 also struggled to keep staff. “A study that shows that 1 in 5 nursing homes has a severe shortage …

After declining, Covid-19 cases are rising again in US nursing homes
4 years, 4 months ago

After declining, Covid-19 cases are rising again in US nursing homes

CNN  

CNN — When Suzanne Wright got the phone call on Tuesday that her 84-year-old mother, who lives in a Florida nursing home 1,600 miles away, tested positive for Covid-19, she was a little perplexed. The nursing home had 11 case the week prior, “their first big run of cases among residents,” said Wright, adding that some staff had also tested …

New York’s true nursing home death toll cloaked in secrecy
4 years, 4 months ago

New York’s true nursing home death toll cloaked in secrecy

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — Riverdale Nursing Home in the Bronx appears, on paper, to have escaped the worst of the coronavirus pandemic, with an official state count of just four deaths in its 146-bed facility. “One after the other.” New York’s coronavirus death toll in nursing homes, already among the highest in the nation, could actually be a significant undercount. “That’s …

As COVID-19 Numbers Improve, Florida Considers Nursing Home Visits
4 years, 5 months ago

As COVID-19 Numbers Improve, Florida Considers Nursing Home Visits

NPR  

As COVID-19 Numbers Improve, Florida Considers Nursing Home Visits Enlarge this image toggle caption Wilfredo Lee/AP Wilfredo Lee/AP Officials in Florida say cases of the coronavirus are continuing to decline, an indication that efforts to halt the spread of the disease are working. It's been more than four months since Florida halted all outside visits to nursing homes and assisted …

Coronavirus: Ministers accused of 'negligence' towards care home residents and staff
4 years, 5 months ago

Coronavirus: Ministers accused of 'negligence' towards care home residents and staff

The Independent  

Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Get our free View from Westminster email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Ministers have been accused of being “negligent” towards care home residents …

NY count: 6,300 virus patients were sent to nursing homes
4 years, 6 months ago

NY count: 6,300 virus patients were sent to nursing homes

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — New York hospitals released more than 6,300 recovering coronavirus patients into nursing homes during the height of the pandemic under a controversial, now-scrapped policy, state officials said Monday, but they argued it was not to blame for one of the nation’s highest nursing home death tolls. New York’s report came more than a month after The Associated …

After waves of virus deaths, care homes face legal reckoning
4 years, 6 months ago

After waves of virus deaths, care homes face legal reckoning

Associated Press  

PARIS — The muffled, gagging sounds in the background of the phone call filled Monette Hayoun with dread. Meyer Haiun died the next day, one of the more than 14,000 deaths that tore through care homes for France’s most vulnerable older adults when they were sealed off to visitors during the coronavirus’ peak. Grieving families across the country are increasingly …

Harrowing blame game over COVID-19 toll in nursing homes
4 years, 6 months ago

Harrowing blame game over COVID-19 toll in nursing homes

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — A grim blame game with partisan overtones is breaking out over COVID-19 deaths among nursing home residents, a tiny slice of the population that represents a shockingly high proportion of Americans who have perished in the pandemic. Advocates for older people say the federal government hasn’t provided needed virus testing and sufficient protective gear to allow nursing homes …

Coronavirus: More than 25,000 patients discharged to care homes in crucial 30 days before routine testing
4 years, 7 months ago

Coronavirus: More than 25,000 patients discharged to care homes in crucial 30 days before routine testing

The Independent  

Sign up for our free Health Check email to receive exclusive analysis on the week in health Get our free Health Check email Get our free Health Check email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy More than 25,000 patients were discharged to care homes by NHS …

Oklahoma tests 35,800 nursing home residents, workers
4 years, 7 months ago

Oklahoma tests 35,800 nursing home residents, workers

Associated Press  

OKLAHOMA CITY — State health officials tested more than 35,800 residents and staff at nursing homes across the state for COVID-19 last month, falling short of its goal to test all employees and residents, Gov. Stitt said health officials focused first on the facilities with confirmed cases of COVID-19 and expects to finish testing the workers and residents of the …

Nursing home deaths: A quarter of US nursing homes report at least one covid infection
4 years, 7 months ago

Nursing home deaths: A quarter of US nursing homes report at least one covid infection

CNN  

CNN — Nearly 26,000 nursing home residents have died from coronavirus, according to federal data released Monday. One quarter of nursing homes had at least one case, and one in five had at least one death, according to the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. The report marks the first nationwide government tally showing the impact of the pandemic …

Some Nursing Homes Escaped Covid-19—Here's What They Did Right
4 years, 7 months ago

Some Nursing Homes Escaped Covid-19—Here's What They Did Right

Wired  

In mid-March, as San Francisco mayor London Breed issued a citywide stay-at-home order, Peggy Cmiel started getting prepared. Cmiel is the director of clinical operations at the San Francisco Center for Jewish Living, or SFCJL, a 9-acre senior housing complex in the Excelsior neighborhood that includes long-term care facilities, short-term rehab housing, and a memory care wing. Cmiel’s staff stocked …

White House goal on testing nursing homes unmet
4 years, 7 months ago

White House goal on testing nursing homes unmet

Associated Press  

RICHMOND, Va. — Nearly two weeks ago the White House urged governors to ensure that every nursing home resident and staff member be tested for the coronavirus within 14 days. “It sounds more like an impulsive type of directive rather than one that has been completely vetted by providers on the ground.” On May 11, Trump heralded his administration’s efforts …

White House's goal to test ALL nursing homes residents and staff goes unmet by majority of states
4 years, 7 months ago

White House's goal to test ALL nursing homes residents and staff goes unmet by majority of states

Daily Mail  

The White House will not meet its goal of having every nursing home resident and staff member tested for the novel coronavirus. Two weeks ago, the White House asked that all states test every nursing home resident and staff member for coronavirus over the next two weeks. The group also estimates that testing every nursing home resident and staff member …

Watchdog cites persistent infection lapses in nursing homes
4 years, 7 months ago

Watchdog cites persistent infection lapses in nursing homes

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Before COVID-19 killed thousands of nursing home residents, about 4 in 10 homes inspected were cited for infection control problems, according to a government watchdog report Wednesday that finds a “persistent” pattern of lapses. The GAO report found that about 40% of the nursing homes inspected in each of the past two years were cited for problems with …

Nearly 8,000 nursing home residents infected with Covid-19
4 years, 7 months ago

Nearly 8,000 nursing home residents infected with Covid-19

NL Times  

Over 7,900 residents of nursing homes in the Netherlands tested positive for Covid-19, the respiratory disease caused by the coronavirus. As did nearly 1,100 residents of care institutions for disabled people, Minister Hugo de Jonge of Public Health said in a letter to parliament, based on figures and estimates from public health institute RIVM. Of the nearly 8 thousand nursing …

Ohio governor calls on national guard to help nursing homes
4 years, 7 months ago

Ohio governor calls on national guard to help nursing homes

Associated Press  

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Ohio National Guard units will be going to nursing homes this week to test for the coronavirus as the death toll continues to climb at a fast pace among long-term care residents, Gov. As of last week, 1,031 residents of Ohio’s long-term care facilities had died from the virus, the state health department told the AP. More …

Feds urge ‘extreme caution’ for reopening nursing homes
4 years, 7 months ago

Feds urge ‘extreme caution’ for reopening nursing homes

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — Federal authorities are urging governors to use “extreme caution” in deciding when to resume visits at nursing homes, saying it shouldn’t come before all residents and staff have tested negative for the coronavirus for at least 28 days. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ criteria for relaxing restrictions at nursing homes come more than two months …

Fauci warns: More death, econ damage if US reopens too fast
4 years, 7 months ago

Fauci warns: More death, econ damage if US reopens too fast

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The U.S. government’s top infectious disease expert issued a blunt warning Tuesday that cities and states could “turn back the clock” and see more COVID-19 deaths and economic damage alike if they lift coronavirus stay-at-home orders too fast -- a sharp contrast as President Donald Trump pushes to right a free-falling economy. The advice from Fauci and other …

As Trump urges reopening, thousands getting sick on the job
4 years, 7 months ago

As Trump urges reopening, thousands getting sick on the job

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — Even as President Donald Trump urges getting people back to work and reopening the economy, an Associated Press analysis shows thousands of people are getting sick from COVID-19 on the job. “The people who are getting sick right now are generally people who are working,” Dr. Mark Escott, a regional health official, told Austin’s city council. “That …

White House recommends tests for all nursing home residents
4 years, 7 months ago

White House recommends tests for all nursing home residents

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — With deaths mounting at the nation’s nursing homes, the White House strongly recommended to governors Monday that all residents and staff at such facilities be tested for the coronavirus in the next two weeks. “We really believe that all 1 million nursing home residents need to be tested within next two weeks as well as the staff,” added …

NY’s Cuomo criticized over highest nursing home death toll
4 years, 7 months ago

NY’s Cuomo criticized over highest nursing home death toll

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — New York Gov. They shouldn’t have sent these people into nursing homes.” Of the nation’s more than 26,000 coronavirus deaths in nursing homes and long-term care facilities, a fifth of them — about 5,300 — are in New York, according to a count by The Associated Press, and the toll has been increasing by an average of …

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo criticised over highest nursing home death toll
4 years, 7 months ago

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo criticised over highest nursing home death toll

India Today  

Andrew Cuomo, who has won bipartisan praise for rallying supplies for his ravaged hospitals and helping slow the coronavirus, is coming under increasing criticism for not bringing that same level of commitment to a problem that has so far stymied him: nursing homes. And they are second-guessing a state directive that requires nursing homes take on new patients infected with …

Novel coronavirus fears and frustrations as US states reopen
4 years, 8 months ago

Novel coronavirus fears and frustrations as US states reopen

CNN  

CNN — With nearly all states partially reopened this week, backlash and frustrations are growingas Americans struggle with ways to combat the deadly coronavirus. “It will be at least two to three weeks before we see an increase in the number of infections because it takes time for individuals to infect others and for them to display symptoms,” data scientist …

The most alarming coronavirus numbers in some states are in prisons and nursing homes
4 years, 8 months ago

The most alarming coronavirus numbers in some states are in prisons and nursing homes

CNN  

CNN — As coronavirus restrictions in the US are loosened, public health officials and state leaders have urged residents to continue practicing social distancing in order to prevent another spike in cases. 80% of New Hampshire deaths in nursing homes New Hamshire Health Commissioner Lori Shibinette said Wednesday that while the state has begun seeing its community transmission, illness rates …

This nursing home had California’s deadliest coronavirus outbreak. ‘We weren’t prepared’
4 years, 8 months ago

This nursing home had California’s deadliest coronavirus outbreak. ‘We weren’t prepared’

LA Times  

The toll is grim at the Redwood Springs Healthcare Center in Visalia, site of California’s deadliest coronavirus outbreak in a nursing home. “We lost control of the situation because we weren’t talking about it.” All three facilities share the same parent company: Plum Healthcare Group, a California entity that controls about 50 skilled nursing facilities in the state. “Nursing homes …

Revealed: Care homes were told outbreak 'very unlikely' even as coronavirus cases hit 800
4 years, 8 months ago

Revealed: Care homes were told outbreak 'very unlikely' even as coronavirus cases hit 800

The Telegraph  

The need to make additional plans for care homes was raised in a discussion of the New and Emerging Respiratory Virus Threats Advisory Group, which advises the government on pandemics. One such paper, “Guidelines on the management of outbreaks of influenza-like illness in care homes”, published in 2018, advises that “care home. Other documents – including the 2012 “Health and …

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