Credit: Rafmaster/Getty Images Just 18% of COVID cases in nursing homes were treated with antiviral medications, and the rate increased only slightly after oral treatments were approved, according to new research. “Nursing home residents are at elevated risk for severe infection from SARS-Cov-2, making them a priority for antiviral treatment,” […]
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Shelbyville nursing facility helping students gain valuable healthcare experience | Education
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) — A skilled nursing facility in Shelbyville is helping students launch their healthcare careers. Masonic Homes Kentucky in Shelbyville is investing in the future of the healthcare industry by teaching the next generation of nursing assistants. Drew Bennett attends the Shelby County Area Technology Center and is one […]
Iredell Health System’s Skilled Nursing Facility Receives High Performing Rating from U.S. News & World Report | Iredell Health System
Since Iredell Memorial became the first North Carolina hospital to receive a Certificate of Need for transitional care just over a decade ago, its Skilled Nursing Facility has fulfilled the need of bringing together acute hospital care with community skilled nursing, and is being recognized for its outstanding level of […]
Panel: 1st vaccines to health care workers, nursing homes
Health care workers and nursing home residents should be at the front of the line when the first coronavirus vaccine shots become available, an influential government advisory panel said Tuesday. The panel voted 13-1 to recommend those groups get priority in the first days of any coming vaccination program, when […]
Louisiana nursing homes, families say they are more prepared as coronavirus cases rise again | Coronavirus
Last spring, the novel coronavirus had Michelle Bourque worried. Not just because she feared catching it, although that was a big concern, but more because her 81-year-old mother was in Chateau de Notre Dame, a New Orleans-nursing home with one of the earliest confirmed clusters of the virus. Locked out […]
Kansas nursing home faces severe federal penalties after deadly coronavirus outbreak
But behind the walls of the facility, nursing home officials had failed to take the most basic measures to prevent the spread of the highly contagious virus after learning two residents were infected, according to a blistering report released Tuesday by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, which resulted […]