Post-Acute

Lifespan Vanderbilt Rehabilitation Center at Newport (R.I.) Hospital was reaccredited by the Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities International, Providence Business News reported Dec. 31. 

One resident is still missing and looters have ransacked the building after the largest nursing home in St. Louis closed abruptly Dec. 15.

Viviant Healthcare of Murfreesboro (Tenn.) is closing its doors for failing to meet Medicare and Medicaid health and safety requirements, according to a CMS notice of termination release Dec. 12. 

Six days after the sudden closure of St. Louis-based Northview Village nursing home — forcing the transfer of 185 residents — officials with the St. Louis City Senior Fund announced they will allocate $174,000 in aid for the residents.

The largest nursing home in St. Louis closed abruptly, leaving about 100 workers without their last paycheck and moving 170 residents without notifying their families, The New York Times reported Dec. 19.

Nursing home deaths attributed to COVID-19 were four times higher in November than they were in June, according to new data from AARP. 

Bonuses and having a positive culture and employee appreciation were the top strategies skilled nursing facilities used to retain staff, a recent Ziegler survey found.

Skilled nursing facilities identified eight pressure points about which they are most concerned, a recent Ziegler survey found.

Roughly 83% of skilled nursing facilities reported seeing improvements in occupancy rates since the COVID-19 pandemic, with 36% reporting significant improvements, a recent Ziegler survey found.

Upwards of 2,000 individuals in assisted living facilities have been left unattended and wandered away on their own since 2018, and 100 of those individuals later were found dead, according to a Dec. 17 report from The The Washington Post.