Post-Acute

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Feb. 15 that his administration's lack of transparency about all COVID-19 deaths in nursing homes was a mistake, the first time the governor has publicly made such a statement, reports The New York Times.

COVID-19 deaths at nursing homes where more than 40 percent of residents were Black or Hispanic were about 3.3 times higher than those in nursing homes with the highest proportions of white residents, according to a study published Feb. 10…

Members of SEIU Healthcare Pennsylvania are urging Gov. Tom Wolf and the state's health department to back a list of changes aimed at improving both resident care and staff support. The union said the state hasn't updated nursing home regulations…

About 20 percent of all nursing homes in the U.S. faced staffing shortages in December, which likely contributed to COVID-19 outbreaks at facilities, CBS News reported Feb. 1. 

The New York State Department of Health undercounted the number of COVID-19 deaths in nursing homes by as much as 50 percent, according to a Jan. 28 report from state Attorney General Letitia James.

Two former employees at Sarasota (Fla.) Health and Rehabilitation Center said they were fired after raising concerns to management about COVID-19 safety measures, local NBC affiliate WFLA reported Jan. 27. 

Bentonview Park Health and Rehab, a nursing home in Monett, Mo., was evacuated Jan. 22 after construction crews exposed asbestos, local NBC affiliate KSN reports. 

Maryland Baptist Aged Home in Baltimore hasn't reported a single case of COVID-19, a rare instance as more than 1 million cases have been reported across the country's long-term care facilities, CBS News reports. 

A Chicago nursing home inspector didn't show up to facilities for at least a year and falsified dozens of inspection reports, Block Club Chicago reported Jan. 19. 

For the second consecutive week, long-term care facilities reported the highest virus death toll since The COVID Tracking Project began collecting data last May, with more than 7,000 resident and staff deaths.