Post-Acute

A staff member at Janesville, Wis.-based Rock Haven nursing home said nearly a dozen employees quit after the facility mandated the COVID-19 vaccine, local CBS affiliate WISCTV reported Jan. 20. 

Genesis HealthCare, a nursing home chain with more than 300 facilities, paid its CEO, George Hager Jr., a $5.2 million "retention payment" in late October amid rising COVID-19 cases across company facilities, The Washington Post reported Jan. 20. 

COVID-19 deaths in Wisconsin nursing homes have increased significantly over the last two months, according to AARP data cited by WAOW.

As the COVID-19 pandemic has hit the long-term care industry particularly hard, with nursing home residents accounting for nearly 40 percent of virus related deaths in the U.S., the AARP staff recently spoke with experts to identify strategies that could…

Webster at Rye (N.H.) nursing home included facility board members, who have no direct contact with residents, on its list of staff members eligible for a COVID-19 vaccine, New Hampshire Public Radio reported Jan. 12. 

The U.S. needs to reform its elder care system so seniors have more options and nursing homes achieve higher levels of quality and safety, writes CMS Administrator Seema Verma.

Two lawsuits were filed last month against the Windermere Health and Rehabilitation Center in Augusta, Ga., according to a Jan. 7 report from The Augusta Chronicle. Both lawsuits involve a resident death after allegations of poor care. 

Florida is investigating accusations that a nursing home in the state offered COVID-19 vaccines to board members and wealthy donors, alongside its own nursing home residents and staff, Gov. Ron DeSantis said Jan. 7, according to the South Florida Sun…

Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer pocket-vetoed a bill that would have allowed nursing home residents to opt for surveillance cameras in their rooms, Michigan Live reported Jan. 6. 

CVS and Walgreens said they're on course to meet their goal of completing the first round of COVID-19 vaccinations for the country's long-term care residents and staff by Jan. 25, CNBC reports.