Abstract Background/Objectives The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID‐19) pandemic has
taken a disproportionate toll on long‐term care facility residents and staff. Our objective was …

Effect of Covid-19 Vaccination in Nursing Homes In nursing homes, the lowest quartile of
staff vaccination rates in counties in the highest quartile of prevalence of Covid-19 was …

Background Despite widespread adoption of surveillance testing for coronavirus disease
2019 (Covid-19) among staff members in skilled nursing facilities, evidence is limited …

Methods| We performed a cross-sectional analysis of federal National Healthcare Safety
Network facility-level data through the week ending July 18, 2021, combined with other …

Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, nursing home residents have accounted for
roughly one of every six COVID-19 deaths in the United States. Nursing homes have also …

Background Implementation of new skilled nursing facility (SNF) Medicare payment policy,
the Patient Driven Payment Model (PDPM), resulted in immediate declines in physical and …

Objective To identify best practices to support and grow the frontline nursing home workforce
based on the lived experience of certified nursing assistants (CNAs) and administrators …

Abstract As the late Robert Kane observed, the term nursing home is often a misnomer. Most
US nursing homes lack adequate nursing staff, and they are typically not very homelike in …

The COVID-19 pandemic has caused a staggering number of deaths and a great deal of
suffering in US nursing homes. The spread of the virus across the country introduced a new …

Importance During the COVID-19 pandemic, stabilized COVID-19–positive patients were
discharged to skilled nursing facilities (SNFs) to alleviate hospital crowding. These …