We hosted a confidential helpline to address concerns about COVID-19 prevention among
staff in 12 nursing homes in Orange County, California. We fielded 301 inquiries from April …

Between February 2020 when the COVID-19 pandemic began and August 2020, the nation
has watched over 5.2 million individuals become infected and over 167,000 deaths …

Residents in nursing homes and other long-term care facilities comprise a large percentage
of the deaths from Covid 19. Is this inevitable or are there problems with NHs and their care …

Objectives During the last quarter of 2020—despite improved distribution of personal
protective equipment (PPE) and knowledge of COVID-19 management—nursing homes …

Older adults in nursing homes are at greatest risk of morbidity and mortality from SARS-CoV-
2 infection. Nursing home residents constituted one-third to more than half of all deaths …

Nursing facilities are in the news often these days, with story after story describing the
challenges faced by providers and staff trying to care for residents during a pandemic. Many …

Objective: To describe epidemiologic and genomic characteristics of a severe acute
respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) outbreak in a large skilled-nursing facility …

The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention listed core practices in “Preparing for
COVID-19 in Nursing Homes”[4]. In the same vein, Kim stated that prevention, screening …

Approximately 40% of all COVID-19 deaths in the United States have been linked to long-
term care facilities. 1 Early in the pandemic, as the scope of the problem became apparent …

A retirement community in Seattle, Washington reported their first COVID-19 case in early
March 2020 and within 1 week, the community had a total of four positive resident cases and …