The American Health Care Association and LeadingAge revealed that 20 to 25% of nursing homes have received false positive results from their COVID-19 point-of-care antigen testing devices. The results were discovered incorrect after using polymerase chain reaction (PCR) testing. Experts stated that the benefit of antigen tests is the reliability of a positive result. They
Scared Straight McKnight’s had a story that scares and exploits caregivers in nursing homes. But only if they fail to follow the safety rules. The article claims that criminal charges could be coming for a nursing home supervisor working without a mask. Multiple workers told the agency that they saw the nurse working without a
11 Deaths an Hour A Senate Report called “The Cost of Inaction – 11 Deaths An Hour – COVID-19 in Nurisng Homes” came out this week, The Report explains how Trump’s many failures to act caused numerous preventable deaths in nursing homes. Trump downplayed the severity of the virus for six weeks, comparing it to the
Risk v. Reward The Dayton Daily News reported on the problems with staffing at Ohio nursing homes. The industry suffers from high nursing home staff turnover. The pandemic has made staffing and turnover worse. Why risk death for minimum wage? Nursing home aides provide the bulk of custodial or direct care. They are heroes on
The federal government issued another set of nursing home visitation guidelines. CMS now allows for resuming indoor visits based on community COVID-19 spread. Operators should “accommodate and support” indoor visits as long as no new COVID-19 cases in the last 14 days. Outdoor visits remain preferred under the new rules with CMS noting that they
COVAX Global cooperation to develop a vaccine among all countries is extremely important. The Trump administration will not join a global effort to develop, manufacture and equitably distribute a coronavirus vaccine. This short-sighted political decision will hinder scientific collaboration and advancement. More than 170 countries will participate in the Covid-19 Vaccines Global Access Facility (COVAX)