Rhode Island vaccine mandate sends some home care workers to the exits
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Diane Eastabrook
Sep 02, 2021
Rhode Island’s shortage of home care workers is about to get even worse.
New York home care firm requires COVID-19 vaccinations for new hires
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Diane Eastabrook
Aug 25, 2021
On Monday, Glenn Lane came to a decision that made him a possible outlier in the home care industry. The founder and CEO of Mamaroneck, NY-based Westchester Family Care mandated COVID-19 vaccinations as...
Massachusetts officials reject groups’ call to keep mask mandate after PHE expires
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Apr 10, 2023
Plans to drop a mask mandate in healthcare settings — including residential care facilities — next month are moving forward in Massachusetts, despite outcries from some health professionals and organizations...
Updated: 22 states petition CMS to repeal COVID-19 vaccine mandate for healthcare workers
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Lois A. Bowers
Nov 17, 2022
A coalition of 22 states led by Montana Attorney General Austin Knudsen (R), today formally called on the Biden administration to withdraw its COVID-19 vaccine mandate for nursing home and other healthcare...
Court precedents support Biden’s vaccine mandate for workers, experts say
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Sep 28, 2021
The Republican National Committee and 24 state attorneys general have threatened to sue the Biden administration over the forthcoming COVID-19 vaccine mandate, but experts say legal precedent could be...
Education, mandates, incentives drive high long-term care staff COVID-19 vaccination rates
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
May 27, 2021
Hawaii’s assisted living and other long-term care facilities are beating the odds — and national averages — by achieving an average 84% staff COVID-19 vaccination rate. Elsewhere, some providers...
Preparedness cheaper than dealing with pandemic effects, White House COVID-19 data expert says
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Aug 02, 2022
Long-term care provider reporting of COVID-19 cases remains an important tool in helping to guide efforts to save lives, even if pandemic fatigue has set in, a White House data expert said Monday.
‘Calm preparedness’ carries community through COVID-19 breakthrough infections
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Aug 31, 2021
Kendal at Oberlin, a Northeast Ohio life plan community, went 16 months without a resident coronavirus case. Then a resident’s fever prompted a rapid test within the past month, which came back positive.
FDA approval of COVID-19 vaccine not enough to convince hesitant caregivers to roll up their sleeves
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Sep 22, 2021
The Food and Drug Administration’s full approval of the Pfizer–BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine has done little to instill confidence in vaccine safety and effectiveness for unvaccinated caregivers, according...
NCAL: Vaccines, state prioritization of long-term care bode well for assisted living communities
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Mar 09, 2021
As COVID-19 cases and deaths continue to drop in long-term care settings, calls for reopening assisted living facilities are increasing.