October 2020

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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s director stressed the need for repeated testing of staff members to stop the spread of COVID-19 in nursing homes.

The Coronavirus Commission for Safety and Quality in Nursing Homes in mid-September issued a voluminous 186-page report containing 27 recommendations.

Nursing homes are subject to an incentive-based pay system for the last four months of 2020 when it comes to tapping into the most recently released $2 billion in COVID-19 relief funding, the Department...

Eldercare should be seen as a health rights issue following the disproportionate loss of nursing home residents during the coronavirus pandemic, the emergencies chief of the World Health Organization said...

A COVID-19 vaccine likely will not be ready by Election Day, Anthony Fauci, M.D., director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease, said in early September, countering White House forecasts.

The Department of Health and Human Services has begun allowing nursing homes, along with assisted living facilities and other congregate settings, to use point-of-care tests to screen for COVID-19.

Nursing home visits of all kinds fell by 53% between March and April, immediately following the onset of the coronavirus pandemic, according to September findings by SeniorLiving.org Research.

Katie Smith Sloan, President, CEO, LeadingAge

Significant weight loss in nursing home residents was an unintended consequence of COVID-19-related restrictions this past spring, according to a new study.