“The drop in cases and deaths in nursing homes is welcome news,” said Lupe Wissel, AARP state director. “But the potential for the highly contagious Delta variant causing more harm to residents and staff is very real. We must do everything we can to keep residents and staff safe from the virus, which means encouraging
Outbreaks The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported “superbug” outbreaks with patients that had invasive fungal infections that were impervious to all three major classes of medications. The fungus, Candida auris, is a harmful form of yeast that is dangerous to nursing home residents. Candida auris is difficult to detect and to control. The
A Sumter County Grand Jury indicted Towodi Shequoyah of exposing himself and attempting to sexually assault a resident at the nursing home. He was a caregiver at the facility. Shequoyah allegedly committed these sick acts in February 2021 while working in a Sumter nursing home. Officials said another employee saw Shequoyah in a 73-year-old woman’s
Evangelical Lutheran Good Samaritan Society announced a vaccination mandate for all employees. Good Samaritan is the largest non-profit multi-site senior care organization based on nursing care in the 2020. Randy Bury, president and CEO of Good Samaritan discussed the decision with McKnight’s Long-Term Care News. He insists the policy will help the chain attract and
Delta Variant The CDC classified COVID-19 B.1.617.2 (Delta) variant as a Variant of Concern (VOC). The vast majority of fully vaccinated people who become infected with the delta variant suffer only mild symptoms. Still, many people refuse vaccinations. We need to protect nursing home residents. Throughout the global pandemic, nursing home residents have suffered isolation
For-Profit Ownership is the Problem As a long-time nursing home attorney, I can assure you that for-profit chains have lower quality of care. A new study verifies the obvious. Evidentiary findings published in the Journal of Long-Term Care serve as the latest evidence against for-profit management of nursing homes. Dozens of studies prove the negative relationship
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