Post-Acute

There have been 50,919 from COVID-19 among residents and staff at U.S. long-term-care facilities, accounting for about 40 percent of the total number of coronavirus-related deaths in the country as of June 16, according to an analysis by The Wall…

Texas has created a statewide strike force to assess issues at nursing homes and help curb the spread of the new coronavirus among the vulnerable populations in the long-term care facilities, according to NPR.

U.S. nursing homes reported more than 95,000 COVID-19 cases among residents as of May 31, according to CMS data released June 4.

Detroit Medical Center aims to help COVID-19 survivors overcome physical, cognitive and emotional challenges through a new rehabilitation program, the health system said June 1.

A nurse claims she was fired from a nursing facility for "insubordination" after voicing concern about COVID-19 safety issues, according to the Chicago Sun-Times.

More than half of U.S. nursing homes failed to meet a federal recommendation to test all residents and employees by May 24, according to Fox News.

Nursing homes in Michigan must make "all reasonable efforts" to create units dedicated to residents with COVID-19, a new order from Gov. Gretchen Whitmer mandates.

Nursing homes with a large proportion of black or Latino residents are twice as likely to experience a COVID-19 outbreak than facilities with mostly white residents, according to an analysis from The New York Times.

About 3 million tests and $440 million would be needed to test each U.S. nursing home worker and resident once, according to an analysis by the American Health Care Association and National Center of Assisted Living.

The owner of a Connecticut nursing home had an innovative idea to protect the facility's residents during the COVID-19 pandemic: Give staff financial incentives to live in RVs on-site. It's paying off, as the facility has not reported a single…