Arkansas Nursing Homes Report Lag in COVID-Test Results
As the pandemic’s winter surge swells, roughly a third of Arkansas’ nursing homes have recently reported delays in receiving their residents’ covid-19 test results, an Arkansas Democrat-Gazette analysis of federal…
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COVID Spread Causing ‘Surreal’ Staffing Problems in Minnesota Nursing Homes
With new COVID-19 cases in the thousands and the spread continuing widely, large numbers of Minnesota long-term care staff are out sick or quarantining because of exposure.
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Nursing homes: RI Should Reimplement Policy of Testing Incoming Patients Twice for COVID
In late summer, the Rhode Island Department of Health moved away from re-testing patients that were being transferred from hospitals to nursing homes, instead recommending a symptom-based approach.
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CT Will Open Fourth Recovery Facility as COVID Cases in Nursing Homes Keep Rising
With COVID-19 infections on the rise again in nursing homes, the state is opening a fourth recovery center to accommodate more COVID-positive residents.
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Nearly 300 WI nursing home residents died from COVID-19 in 4 weeks, 10 times more than month before
Nearly 300 nursing home residents in Wisconsin died from COVID-19 in the most recent month reported to the federal government — more than 10 times the previous month.
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Massachusetts to Use Rapid COVID Testing for Visitors of Long-Term Care Facilities
People visiting loved ones at nursing homes or other long-term care facilities in Massachusetts will soon undergo rapid COVID-19 testing beforehand, Health and Human Services Secretary Marylou Sudders said Monday.
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Connecticut is reopening healthcare centers dedicated solely to treating COVID-19 patients amid a resurgence of the coronavirus across the state, including in nursing homes and assisted living facilities, a state…
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US Department of Labor’s OSHA Announces $3,148,452 in Coronavirus Violations
Since the start of the coronavirus pandemic through Nov. 12, 2020, the US Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has issued 232 citations arising from inspections for…
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