nursing homes

More than 20 Massachusetts businesses and nursing homes have been cited by OSHA for coronavirus-related violations, according to reports. Most of the businesses facing fines are local nursing homes, including the Life Care Centers of Littleton, Leominster and Merrimack Valley and CareOne of Lowell, The Lowell Sun reports. In the latest rebuke of its efforts to control COVID-19, Life Care…

OSHA has cited multiple Massachusetts nursing homes for coronavirus-related violations, including the Life Care Centers of Littleton, Leominster and Merrimack Valley and CareOne of Lowell, according to reports.

A nurse practitioner in Colorado has built a state-approved contraption that allows people to hug their loved ones safely.

Eight Sisters at Notre Dame of Elm Grove died from COVID-19 in a week despite the retirement homes best efforts.

After 110,000 deaths ravaged the nation’s nursing homes and pushed them to the front of the vaccine line, they now face a vexing problem: Skeptical residents and workers balking at getting the shots

Nursing home residents and staff members will be among the first people in the United States to receive the coronavirus vaccine, NBC News reports.

Nursing homes and health workers will be the first to receive the coronavirus vaccination, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The first phase of the vaccine rollout can begin as soon as a vaccine receives authorization from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, which is expected to happen this month, the agency said. With that announcement...

With COVID-19 vaccine approval seemingly close to being a reality, the Springhouse Senior Living Community in Boston is preparing. One resident tells NBC10 Boston she is hoping to be one of the people at the front of the line.

A COVID-19 outbreak at a nursing center in Lee’s Summit, Missouri, has killed 20 residents. Most of the deaths at John Knox Village Care Center occurred in the past six weeks, according to the facility.

A study by the U.S. Public Interest Research Group found that 8% of nursing homes nationwide were at risk due to shortages of at least one type of Personal Protective Equipment, including masks, gowns and hand sanitizer. For a week in August, one in 10 nursing homes in Massachusetts had less than a week supply of PPE or none at all.

Sheila Christensen and her sister are on alert as COVID-19 cases continue to climb in Massachusetts, worried there could be another surge in nursing homes and long-term care facilities. Their 97-year-old mom, Jean, who is in a nursing home in Needham, already beat COVID-19 in March, but it took away her ability to walk. “We thought that was it, but…

Indoor visits resumed at nursing homes and assisted living facilities in Massachusetts Friday with restrictions in place. All visitors will be screened for coronavirus symptoms upon entry. State guidelines recommend that people sit six feet apart, but physical contact is allowed. Everyone must wear masks. Visits must be in a designated space close to the entrance inside the facility. The…

Indoor visits are permitted at nursing homes starting Friday in Massachusetts, with restrictions.

The Justice Department sent letters to governors of New York and three other Democratic-led states seeking data on whether they violated federal law by ordering public nursing homes to accept recovering COVID-19 patients from hospitals.

A Vermont nursing home gave residents a taste of normalcy after the coronavirus pandemic by bringing in hair stylists.

A new report says COVID-19 cases in U.S. nursing homes jumped nearly 80% earlier this summer, driven by rampant spread across the South and much of the West

It was a long wait, but Ida Willman and her daughter were finally reunited at the Holden Rehabilitation and Skilled Nursing Center – albeit at a distance. The pair recently met under a shady tent in the parking lot of the Massachusetts nursing home, enjoying their first half hour together since the facility closed to visitors in the spring. Sitting…

President Donald Trump says his administration will provide another $5 billion to help nursing homes battle COVID-19.

Mark Parkinson, president and CEO of AHCA/NCAL speaks to the devastating impact Covid-19 continues to have at long-term care nursing facilities across the country as they run low on staff and PPE.

Younger Americans have been driving the recent coronavirus surge in Texas — but the virus is now also rapidly spreading in the state’s nursing homes, threatening elderly, frail residents who are most at risk of serious illness and death. Across Texas, nearly 1,000 new infections of nursing home residents were reported in the week ending Friday, July 10, NBC News found in…