Nursing Home Residents Suffer as Overly Strict Covid Restrictions Persist: Social distancing and limited visitation amount to continued isolation for lonely and infirm residents. Despite a significantly lower risk for transmitting COVID-19 following the vaccination of...
PA Dementia Patients Disproportionately Impacted by COVID: Pennsylvania nursing home residents suffering from dementia were among the most severely impacted during the coronavirus pandemic, says an article on nbcphiladelphia.com. The combination of insufficiently...
Data Reveals Deadliness of Pandemic in PA Veterans Homes: Recently published data shows that the coronavirus pandemic took the lives of at least 40 military veterans in Pennsylvania VA nursing homes, says an article on WITF.org. Due to privacy reasons, the exact...
Mandate Gets Vaccine Results in Philadelphia Nursing Homes: The vaccine mandate for Philadelphia healthcare workers has succeeded in prompting 46 of the city’s 47 nursing homes to ensure the full vaccination of all non-exempted staff workers, says a Nov. 6...
Philadelphia to Begin Enforcing Nursing Home Vaccine Mandate: With the deadline come and gone for employees to be vaccinated, Philadelphia will begin enforcing the vaccine mandate for nursing home workers, says a Philadelphia Inquirer article. The Philadelphia...
Claims Could Follow the Resumption of Nursing Home Visitation A recent guidance provided by federal regulators will allow family members to resume indoor nursing home visitation with their loved ones “at all times,” according to AP News. The resumption of visitation...