At Nursing Homes, Long Waits for Results Render Covid Tests ‘Useless’
More nursing homes are waiting longer for covid-19 test results for residents and staffers, according to federal data, making the...
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In California Nursing Homes, Omicron Is Bad, but So Is the Isolation
Dina Halperin had been cooped up alone for three weeks in her nursing home room after her two unvaccinated roommates...
With a Vaccine Mandate Looming, Nursing Homes Face More Staffing Problems
ST. CHARLES, Mo. — Jamie Smith, a staffing agency nurse who loves end-of-life care, said she has been warmly welcomed...
After ‘Truly Appalling’ Death Toll in Nursing Homes, California Rethinks Their Funding
Samantha Young SACRAMENTO, Calif. — About 1 in 8 Californians who have died of covid lived in a nursing home....
Nursing Home Residents Overlooked in Scramble for Covid Antibody Treatments
Of the dozens of patients Dr. Jim Yates has treated for covid-19 at his long-term care center in rural Alabama,...
After Pandemic Ravaged Nursing Homes, New State Laws Protect Residents
When the coronavirus hit Martha Leland’s Connecticut nursing home last year, she and dozens of other residents contracted the disease...
Biden’s No-Jab-No-Job Order Creates Quandary for Nursing Homes
President Joe Biden’s edict that nursing homes must ensure their workers are vaccinated against covid-19 presents a challenge for an...
Clarity on Covid Count: Pandemic’s Toll on Seniors Extended Well Beyond Nursing Homes
As covid-19 resurges across the country, driven by the highly infectious delta variant, experts are extending our understanding of the...
Amid Covid Booster Debate, West Virginia to Check Immunity of Vaccinated Nursing Home Residents
West Virginia raced ahead of the country last winter to get people in nursing homes vaccinated against covid-19, but with...
In California, Nursing Home Owners Can Operate After They’re Denied a License
Aaron Mendelson, KPCC and Elly Yu, KPCC The pandemic has highlighted poor care in America’s nursing homes, where nearly 175,000...
Covid Cases Plummet 83% Among Nursing Home Staffers Despite Vaccine Hesitancy
Joan Phillips, a certified nursing assistant in a Florida nursing home, loved her job but dreaded the danger of going...
Sorting Out How Politics, Policies Figure in Flap Over New York Nursing Home Covid Death Rates
Michelle Andrews The plaudits have faded for New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo. Once hailed as a paragon of pandemic governing,...
