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Nursing Homes Have Seen Record Low Occupancy Rates
As vaccinations for COVID-19 continue in skilled nursing facilities, the rate of infections among residents is gradually decreasing. During the month of January, the number...
Projected Losses and Closures for Nursing Home Industry
The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has adversely affected industries across the nation and globe. Skilled nursing facilities have been greatly impacted with increased infection rates and...
PDPM Regulations during COVID-19
The COVID-19 pandemic has affected the long-term care industry is unprecedented ways. The federal government has rolled out several programs to help nursing homes during...
Recovery after World’s First Successful Face and Double Hand Transplant
Joe DiMeo from Clark, New Jersey became the world’s first successful face and double hand transplant recipient in August 2020. A remarkable team of healthcare...
Vaccine Strategy of a Nursing Home Giant
Skilled nursing facilities were one of the first in leading the vaccine rollouts. Consulate Health Care has discovered that word-of-mouth encouragement by staff has played...
How will Nursing Homes be affected by the Biden Administration
Over 40% of COVID-19 deaths have occurred in nursing homes. It is expected that the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) will increasingly monitor...
Nursing Home Operators Should Consider Less Beds
The COVID-19 pandemic has impacted nursing homes in unprecedented ways. In the third quarter of 2020, nursing homes were at approximately 74% capacity across the...
COVID-19 Vaccine Brings Hope to Nursing Homes
The process of vaccinating staff and residents for some nursing homes began last year in December. Families who have been separated from their loved ones...
Nursing Homes Get an additional $1.1 Billion in Relief
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced on December 16th that they will be expanding the third phase of COVID-19 relief by giving...
How Occupational Therapy Works
Are you in need of occupational therapy and wondering how it works? We can help you. Occupational therapy (OT) helps treat injured, disabled or ill...
