After the nursing home where Leann Sample worked was bought by private investors, it started falling apart. Literally.
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Nursing Home Owners Drained Cash During Pandemic While Residents Deteriorated
Posted on 03 February 2023.
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Hospitalizations Signal Rising COVID-19 Risk Seniors
Posted on 22 December 2022.
Coronavirus-related hospital admissions are climbing again in the United States, with older adults a growing share of U.S. deaths and less than half of nursing home residents up to date on COVID-19 vaccinations.
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Medicaid Weighs Attaching Strings To Nursing Home Payments to Improve Patient Care
Posted on 14 June 2022.
The Biden administration is considering a requirement that the nation’s 15,500 nursing homes spend most of their payments from Medicaid on direct care for residents and limit the amount that is used for operations, maintenance, and capital improvements or diverted to profits.
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New Laws Let Visitors See Loved Ones in Health Care Facilities, Even In An Outbreak
Posted on 11 April 2022.
Jean White’s mother has dementia and moved into a memory care facility near Tampa, Florida, just as coronavirus lockdowns began in spring 2020. For months, the family wasn’t allowed to go inside to visit.
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Biden’s Promise Of Better Nursing Home Care Will Require Many More Workers
Posted on 03 March 2022.
The Biden administration has identified core impediments to better nursing home care in its proposed overhaul of the industry, but turning aspirations into reality will require a complex task.
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At Nursing Homes, Long Waits for Results Render Covid Tests ‘Useless’
Posted on 03 February 2022.
More nursing homes are waiting longer for covid-19 test results for residents and staffers, according to federal data, making the fight against record numbers of omicron cases even harder.
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