CVS and Walgreens Under Fire for Slow Pace of Vaccination in Nursing Homes
The effort to vaccinate some of the country’s most vulnerable residents against covid-19 has been slowed by a federal program...
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Pandemic Erects Barriers for Prized Bloc of Voters in Nursing Homes, Senior Facilities
The convergence of the coronavirus pandemic and election season has complicated this year’s voting for residents of nursing homes, assisted...
Hospitals, Nursing Homes Fail to Separate COVID Patients, Putting Others at Risk
Nurses at Alta Bates Summit Medical Center were on edge as early as March when patients with COVID-19 began to...
NIH Project Homes In on COVID Racial Disparities
While the disproportionate impact of COVID-19 on Black and Hispanic Americans is no secret, federal officials have launched studies of...
Federal Help Falters As Nursing Homes Run Short Of Protective Equipment
Around the country, nursing homes trying to protect their residents from the coronavirus eagerly await boxes of masks, eyewear and...
COVID-Plagued California Nursing Homes Often Had Problems In Past
When Jorge Newbery finally got through to his 95-year-old mother, Jennifer, on a video call April 18, she could barely...
‘Staying Away From Grandma’ Isn’t An Option In Multigenerational Homes
FLORISSANT, Missouri — The Walker family never thought having an age range of 3 to 96 under the same roof...
Nursing Homes Have Thousands Of Ventilators That Hospitals Desperately Need
As the number of COVID-19 patients climbs and health officials hunt for ventilators to treat them, nursing homes across the...
