Skilled Nursing News reported that Green Houses may be the future of the nursing home industry. COVID-19 has experts and industry leaders revaluate choices in long-term care. Many advocates have turned to the Green House model as the best way forward. These “small-house” style developments with multiple cottages for limited numbers of residents. Each resident gets
The U.S. government is pumping $1.5 billion into the Farmers to Families Food Box program to help supply food lines. This money should stabilize the program until May. Some food lines were running low on food during the Holidays. Many had shut down completely in early December. The $4.5 billion program launched during the pandemic.
Are we finally seeing the light at the end of the tunnel? Things seem to be improving. Hospitalizations in the U.S. due to Covid-19 fell below 110,000 for the first time since Dec. 13. The country reported fewer than 200,000 new coronavirus cases for the ninth day in a row. The Covid Tracking Project reported
Lack of Enforcement WBEZ reported that, despite the nursing home industry doing a horrible job during the deadly pandemic, Illinois continues to delay enforcing safe staffing minimums. A 2010 law established minimum hours of direct daily care for residents. The industry ignored the law or falsified staffing numbers. A 2018 report by AARP ranked Illinois
The Department of Health and Human Services delays reporting requirements. DHHS announced last month that nursing homes will now have a longer grace period to report how they used Provider Relief Fund payments. HHS delayed the reporting deadline for healthcare providers because Congress passed the Coronavirus Response and Relief Supplemental Appropriations Act. This added another
Fatal Neglect ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Recently, they had an incredible story about Palestine Howze. A nursing home refused to transfer her to the hospital so she died of a preventable wound infection. Now, her family cannot get justice. Palestine was a resident of Treyburn Rehabilitation Center, a NC
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