Bill Setting NC Nursing Home Visit Standards Gets Final OK
North Carolina health regulators would establish by next year visitation policies for nursing homes and adult care homes for declared emergencies like a pandemic in…
NY approves COVID vaccine mandate for healthcare workers, removes religious exemption
A New York State Department of Health board voted unanimously Thursday to implement emergency authorization of a COVID-19 vaccine mandate for all healthcare workers in…
CT Nursing Homes Share Best Practices, Challenges in Vaccinating Staff
Nursing homes in Connecticut are racing to vaccinate all of their workers against coronavirus before the state-imposed deadline in September, but some face a greater…
Effects of Staff Training on Nursing Home Residents’ End-of-Life Care: A Randomized Controlled Trial
This trial examines the effects of end-of-life training on long-term care facility (LTCF) residents’ health-related quality of life (HRQoL) and use and costs of hospital…
OSHA’s COVID-19-related standards ‘burdensome,’ ‘duplicative,’ senior living execs say
New federal workplace safety rules, although well-intentioned, are burdensome and do not account for frequently changing guidance from other agencies, according to senior living association…
Maryland nursing home, hospital staff must get COVID-19 vaccine or be subject to testing
All Maryland nursing home and hospital employees must get vaccinated against COVID-19 or be subject to regular testing, Gov. Larry Hogan announced Wednesday.
CMS Issuing New Regulation Requiring Nursing Home Staff to Be Vaccinated against COVID-19
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), in collaboration with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), is developing an emergency regulation requiring…
COVID-19 Vaccinations Required for LTC Workers Who Serve Medicare and Medicaid Enrollees
Today, President Biden announced that HHS will develop new regulations requiring nursing homes to require that all of their workers be fully vaccinated against COVID-19…
RI to Require Immunization against COVID-19 for All Licensed Healthcare Workers
The Rhode Island Department of Health (RIDOH) is announcing today that all employees, interns, and volunteers in RIDOH-licensed healthcare facilities and all RIDOH-licensed healthcare providers…
Pennsylvania Nursing Home Worker Kicked Patient, 91, in Head
A Lehigh County nursing home employee, who kicked a 91-year-old combative patient twice in the head, was charged with harassment and simple assault.