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Aid Runs Low for Key Pennsylvania Virus Containment Program
Wolf administration officials say the state doesn’t have the money to maintain a key feature of the state’s response to coronavirus outbreaks in Pennsylvania’s nursing homes, and are working to retain a short-term, scaled-down model now that federal funding ran out
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EMS, Long-Term Care Facilities Next Up for COVID-19 Vaccines in NJ, Pa.
NBC10’s Miguel Martinez-Valle reports from Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, ahead of EMS workers getting their first doses of coronavirus vaccines. First responders and residents and workers at long-term care facilities in New Jersey and Pennsylvania will begin getting vaccinated against COVID-19 Monday.
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Program to Get Doses of Coronavirus Vaccine to Nursing Home Residents and Staff Begins
A federal program is underway to get doses of the coronavirus vaccine to millions of nursing home residents and staff members in New Jersey and Pennsylvania. NBC10’s Aaron Baskerville shows us what this means for families who haven’t been able to see their loved ones in months.
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‘Hug Tunnel' Lets People Embrace Loved Ones During Pandemic
A nurse practitioner in Colorado has built a state-approved contraption that allows people to hug their loved ones safely.
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Coronavirus Claims Eight Nuns At Wisconsin Retirement Home
Eight Sisters at Notre Dame of Elm Grove died from COVID-19 in a week despite the retirement homes best efforts.
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After 110K Virus Deaths, Nursing Homes Face Vaccine Fears
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
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Nursing Homes Are Top Priority for COVID-19 Vaccines. But Vaccinating Everyone Won't Be Simple.
Nursing home residents and staff members will be among the first people in the United States to receive the coronavirus vaccine, NBC News reports.
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CDC Votes to Give Health Workers and Nursing Home Residents the COVID-19 Vaccine First
A panel with the CDC voted to allow health workers and nursing home residents to be the first ones to get the COVID-19 vaccine once it’s available. Zach Shamberg, president and CEO of the Pennsylvania Health Care Association, reacted to the decision in an interview with NBC10’s Jacqueline London.
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CDC Votes for Healthcare Workers and Nursing Home Residents to Get COVID-19 Vaccine First
A panel with the Centers for Disease Control voted for healthcare workers and nursing home residents to receive the COVID-19 vaccines first once the doses are available. NBC10’s Lauren Mayk explains.
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COVID Outbreak Kills 20 at Missouri Nursing Home
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.
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Gov. Murphy Signs Laws Aimed at Reforming NJ Long-Term Care Centers
One bill requires facilities to maintain a minimum staff-to-patient ratio at all times, while the other requires facilities to create policies to avoid social isolation of residents and enable better communication with loved ones
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Half of Philly Nursing Home Patients Had COVID-19 This Year, City Estimates
About half of Philadelphia’s nursing home patients were infected with the coronavirus this year, and may be able to resist a second wave. When a COVID-19 vaccine is ready, assisted living residents and their caretakers will likely receive it first.
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NJ Enacts 4 New Laws Aimed at Improving Nursing Home Care After COVID Response
One bill boosts the minimum wage for direct-care staff at long-term care facilities by $ 3 an hour, while another sets aside more than $62 million in state funds to increase the Medicaid reimbursement rate
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DOJ Seeks Data on Care Home Deaths in 4 Democrat-Led States
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.
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Nursing Home Cases Up Nearly 80% in COVID-19 Rebound, Report Finds
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
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White House Scrambles on Nursing Homes as COVID-19 Surges
President Donald Trump says his administration will provide another $5 billion to help nursing homes battle COVID-19.
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COVID-19 Still Wreaking Havoc at Nursing Home Facilities
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.
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Coronavirus Is Rapidly Spreading in Texas Nursing Homes, State Figures Show
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…
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Stimulus Money Could Pose Dilemmas in Nursing Homes
Nursing home residents are among the Americans getting $1,200 checks as part of the U.S. plan to revive the economy
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Dems: Government's ‘Deadly Delay' Devastated Nursing Homes
A report from Senate Democrats finds that the Trump administration was slow to comprehend the scale of COVID-19’s impact on nursing homes and a disjointed federal response compounded the devastating toll.