Just like last year, 2021 was dominated by the coronavirus. So also like 2020, it’s not surprising that COVID-19 popped up more than once as a topic of our most-read columns this year when we examined...
Your favorite columns of 2020
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Lois A. Bowers
Dec 22, 2020
In a year dominated by the coronavirus, it’s not surprising that COVID-19 popped up more than once as a topic of our most-read columns of 2020 when we examined analytics related to website visitors,...
HHS OIG: Many long-term care facilities requiring negative COVID-19 tests before accepting hospital discharges
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Lois A. Bowers
Apr 07, 2020
With cases of COVID-19 increasing in many areas around the country, “many” hospitals are reporting difficulty in discharging patients to skilled nursing facilities or “facilities with lower-level...
Broad-based testing could prevent ‘heartbreaking’ spread of COVID-19, operator says, based on experience
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Lois A. Bowers
Apr 07, 2020
Broad-based COVID-19 testing should be made available immediately for residents and workers in senior living communities and nursing homes to address the current “heartbreaking” spread of disease in...
Reports: COVID-19 forces relocation of 94 residents from senior home, governor gives a ‘shoutout’...
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Lois A. Bowers
Mar 26, 2020
Residents from St. Joseph’s Senior Home Assisted Living & Nursing Center in Woodbridge, NJ, were relocated to another long-term care community 30 miles away on Wednesday after several residents and caregivers...
421,000 COVID tests headed to assisted living communities from the federal government
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Lois A. Bowers
Nov 17, 2020
The federal government will send more than 421,000 rapid-results antigen COVID-19 tests to assisted living communities this week, Admiral Brett P. Giroir, M.D., assistant secretary for health at the U.S....
LCS transforms pandemic response to culture, operational changes
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Lois A. Bowers
Nov 16, 2020
Des Moines, IA-based LCS, No. 2 on the American Seniors Housing Association and Argentum lists of largest senior living operators for 2020, is rolling out its new EverSafe 360° program this week. Rick...
Feds outline COVID-19 vaccine availability timeline for senior living residents, staff
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Lois A. Bowers
Oct 22, 2020
A COVID-19 vaccine should be available for assisted living community, independent living community and nursing home residents and staff members by December or January, federal officials said Wednesday.
Public health emergency extended until July 20, expected to last through 2021
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Lois A. Bowers
Apr 22, 2021
The federal public health emergency due to COVID-19 has been extended until July 20, effective Wednesday, according to Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra.
Operator ‘strongly’ encourages COVID-19 testing after one resident dies, another tests positive...
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Lois A. Bowers
Mar 11, 2020
A Seattle senior living operator is “strongly” encouraging residents and staff members to be tested for coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) after one resident died and another tested positive for the...