by Christie D'Agostino | Nov 10, 2021 | bedsores, Brian P. Murphy, coronavirus, coronavirus vaccine, COVID-19, nursing home neglect, nursing home workers, nursing homes, pandemic, vaccine distribution
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...
by Christie D'Agostino | Oct 24, 2021 | Brian P. Murphy, coronavirus, coronavirus vaccine, nursing home attorney, nursing home workers, vaccine distribution
Nursing Homes Fear Vaccination Mandates Will Worsen Staff Shortages Nursing homes battling against worker shortages and high staff turnover are now worried that the recent vaccination mandate announced by the Biden administration will lead more staff to quit, says an...
by Christie D'Agostino | Oct 24, 2021 | Brian P. Murphy, coronavirus, coronavirus vaccine, nursing home workers, vaccine distribution
PA and NJ nursing home employees refuse coronavirus vaccine: 42 percent of Philadelphia County nursing home staff have declined a coronavirus vaccine. Nearly half of Pennsylvania and New Jersey nursing home employees have refused the coronavirus vaccine, presenting a...
by Christie D'Agostino | Oct 24, 2021 | coronavirus, coronavirus vaccine, COVID-19, New Jersey COVID-19 nursing homes, nursing home workers, PA nursing home COVID-19, vaccine distribution
COVID-19 Vaccine Mandate for Nursing Home Workers, non-compliant facilities will lose federal Medicare and Medicaid funding. According to the Associated Press, the Biden administration has announced an emergency regulation requiring COVID-19 vaccinations for all...
by Christie D'Agostino | Mar 8, 2021 | Brian P. Murphy, New Jersey COVID-19 nursing homes, nursing homes, nursing homes coronavirus, PA nursing home COVID-19, vaccine distribution
Even with rising vaccinations and plummeting infections, strict COVID nursing home visitation rules remain in place With the arrival of COVID vaccines, the question of when family members can visit their loved ones in nursing homes is being asked with increasing...
by Christie D'Agostino | Mar 8, 2021 | Brian P. Murphy, coronavirus vaccine, nursing home data, vaccine distribution
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...