Posts In Coronavirus Update

Unvaccinated Health Care Worker Sets off COVID-19 Outbreak at Nursing Home May 06

In Kentucky, an unvaccinated health care worker was the source of a COVID-19 outbreak that infected dozens at a nursing home, as ...

As Nursing Homes Fail to Evolve with Resident Needs, the Staff Takes the Blame May 04

Numerous studies have shown that the key indicator of quality in a nursing home is the ratio of nurses to patients. Today’s ...

With Vaccines Booming, When Will Nursing Home Isolation End? Apr 27

Get vaccinated so we can be around people again. That’s been the message from officials and pharmaceutical companies eager to put ...

Vaccine Equity Is Essential to Ending the Pandemic Mar 29

The rollout of the COVID-19 vaccine has led to optimism and hope about the future for some Americans, but others have been left ...

Critics Blast Grading System for Nursing Homes Mar 28

The COVID pandemic is exposing the many flaws in the nursing home system, including the government grading system that is supposed ...

Daughter Takes Second Job at Nursing Home to Spend Time with Quarantined Dad Mar 18

What do you do when your father is isolated in a nursing home under quarantine and his only human contact is with staff members? ...