COVID-19 and Nursing Homes

COVID-19 infections are soaring again at U.S. nursing homes because of the omicron wave, and deaths are climbing too

Nursing homes receive billions of taxpayers’ dollars every year to care for chronically ill frail elders, but until now, there was no guarantee that’s how the money would be spent. Massachusetts, New Jersey and New York are taking unprecedented steps to ensure they get what they pay for, after the devastating impact of COVID-19 exposed problems with staffing and...

The nation’s largest nursing home operator told its workers this week they will have to get COVID-19 vaccinations to keep their jobs

Pandemic restrictions are falling away almost everywhere — except inside many of America’s nursing homes

Only a little more than a third of nursing home workers have been getting shots against COVID-19 when the vaccinations are first offered

Workers for the nation’s largest hospice care provider say the company has put their health and safety, and the lives of thousands of nursing home residents and employees at risk of catching COVID-19, all to make an extra buck.