PA Releases Details on Nursing Home Investigations
PA Releases Details on Nursing Home Investigations: Following hundreds of investigations into Pennsylvania nursing homes this past October as a result of complaints of deficient care, understaffing, and policy flaws, the state released details of the inspections, says...
Pennsylvania Nursing Home Reforms Discussed by Senate Democrats at Policy Meeting
Pennsylvania Nursing Home Reforms Discussed by Senate Democrats: On November 5, members of the Senate Democratic Policy Committee hosted a virtual public hearing on Pennsylvania nursing home reforms, according to senatormuth.com. Senator Katie Muth (D-...
New Jersey Aims to Boost Quality of Care by Limiting Nursing Home Profits
New Jersey limits nursing home profits to boost quality of care; New York and Massachusetts are also implementing accountability measures. New Jersey is one of three states to set requirements on how nursing homes spend the payments they receive from government...
Mandate Gets Vaccine Results in Philadelphia Nursing Homes
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 article in...
Philadelphia Poised to Begin Enforcing Nursing Home Vaccine Mandate
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...
Plummeting Nursing Home Occupancy Rates Raise Quality of Care Questions
Plummeting Nursing Home Occupancy Rates Raise Quality of Care Questions The pandemic sent the median occupancy rate in American nursing homes plummeting, and with no return to pre-pandemic rates in sight, experts fear resident care will suffer, says an AARP article....
Federal Appeals Court Says State Pandemic Lawsuits Can Proceed against Two NJ Nursing Homes
State Pandemic Lawsuits Proceed against NJ Nursing Homes: Rejecting the operator’s claim that pandemic lawsuits should be heard in federal court, a federal appeals court ruled that the negligence claims brought against two New Jersey nursing homes should proceed in...
DOJ Won’t Investigate PA COVID Nursing Home Regulations
DOJ Won’t Investigate PA COVID Nursing Home Regulations The Justice Department has decided against investigating regulations implemented by Pennsylvania during the coronavirus pandemic, says the Associated Press. The DOJ informed Gov. Tom Wolf’s office of its decision...
Nursing Homes Fear Vaccination Mandates Will Worsen Staff Shortages
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...
Vaccine Reluctance of PA, NJ Nursing Home Workers Endangers Residents
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...
A Surge in Claims Could Follow the Resumption of Nursing Home Visitation
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...
Hugs for Nursing Home Residents OK again, says CMS
With hugs for nursing home residents ok again, the guidance will be a boon for the mental and emotional well-being of residents previously isolated due to COVID. New guidance recently released by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) permits vaccinated...