Post-Acute

New York hospitals transferred more than 6,000 COVID-19 patients to nursing homes this spring, although officials said these transfers did not cause an increase in nursing home deaths, according to a new report from the New York State Department of…

In Connecticut, long-term care facilities with lower nurse staffing levels had higher rates of confirmed COVID-19 cases and deaths, a new study shows.

Many nursing homes in the U.S. are forcing out older or disabled residents to make room for COVID-19 patients who create more revenue for the facilities, according to an investigative report from The New York Times.

Coronavirus testing at an Illinois nursing home revealed that close to 40 percent of the residents had the virus but were not showing symptoms, according to a study published in the journal Clinical Infectious Diseases.

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.