Mistrust And Worry Fuels Vaccine Skepticism: Many Nursing Home Workers Are Rejecting COVID Vaccine An American Association of Retired Persons (AARP) article says that, despite the inclusion of nursing home staff in the top tier for receiving the coronavirus vaccine,...
New Nursing Home Coronavirus Cases Reach Their Lowest Numbers since Data Tracking Began: Deaths in Nursing Homes Drop 80 Percent Following Vaccines Following the rollout of vaccines to American long-term care facilities that began late last year, new COVID cases and...
Due to necessary isolation during the Coronavirus pandemic, there has been an excess in deaths among dementia patients during COVID lockdowns. The tactic of isolation in long term care facilities, meant to protect the vulnerable elderly during the coronavirus...
Owners with a for-profit focus have left nursing homes vulnerable to COVID as they prioritize profit over quality operations. Nursing home owners poised their homes to fail during the coronavirus pandemic, says a recent article in the New York Times. Years of...
A number of systemic problems that existed prior to the coronavirus pandemic are responsible for the failure of American nursing homes against the virus, says a recent article in the New York Times, and unless certain measures are implemented toward change, the...