Sara Mitchell, director of communications & client relations, Solinity With social distancing measures in place, many activities in senior living facilities have been cancelled. Technology and digital content can offer a solution and some welcome distraction...

The COVID-19 pandemic has required that senior living facilities implement social distancing to protect their residents and staff. This social distancing has, at least for the time being, largely put an end to family visits, with families and residents keeping in...

Beth Garrard, digital media manager, IntegraCare Senior Living Communities With social distancing measures in place, the inability of residents and families to visit in person has been stressful and upsetting. Senior care facilities have quickly identified solutions...

By Caralyn Davis A minimum of every seven days, nursing homes are now required to report COVID-19 information to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) via the Long-Term Care Facility (LTCF) COVID-19 Module at the National Healthcare Safety Network...

By Jon Forknell Jon Forknell, vice president and general manager, Atlas Business Solutions, Inc. COVID-19 is impacting long-term care and assisted living facilities in unprecedented ways, placing healthcare workers under extraordinary stress. Nurses must work long...

John Sganga, senior vice president of alternate site programs, Premier With personal protective equipment (PPE) playing an integral role in both the prevention and the management of COVID-19 outbreaks, the PPE supply within the United States has been stretched thin....

By David Wilkins David Wilkins, chief strategy officer, HealthcareSource The rapid spread of COVID-19 has led to a dramatic increase in demand for healthcare workers. This uptick is not only due to the increase of people needing care, but also to the level of acuity...

80% of COVID-19 deaths in NH are in nursing homes (Seacoast Online) Deaths on Scotland’s Isle of Skye expose a nursing home scandal (New York Times) Post-coronavirus, Italian nursing homes fight to survive (Reuters) $93,000 sought from Pennsylvania nursing homes amid...

Join Moments for Care on May 21st at 2 pm EST for a free virtual concert! Featuring artists Kimberly Sunstrum and David Kalil, the 45-minute event will be hosted on YouTube Live. Moments for Care is an initiative that was put together with the goal of bringing moments...

CMS issues new guidance on reopening nursing homes (CMS.gov) Guidance here. FAQs here. What’s behind the nursing home horror (New York Times) Understaffing is making the crisis worse (CBS This Morning) “Extreme caution” urged in reopening nursing homes to visitors (12...