Post-Acute

Around 67 nursing home residents died of COVID-19 the week ending March 27, the lowest level since the onset of the pandemic, The New York Times reported April 3.

Minnesota recently surpassed its goal of recruiting 1,000 certified nursing assistants to help service nursing homes in the state, the governor's office said March 29.

Implementing a federal minimum staffing standard for nursing homes would cost at least $4.9 billion a year, a recent study published in Innovations in Aging found.

The New York Attorney General’s Office has opened an investigation into complaints of abuse and neglect, including seven deaths, at a Syracuse nursing home, Syracuse.com reported March 29. 

Nursing home spending is expected to increase to $273 billion by 2030, the CMS Office of the Actuary said March 28.

Below are seven hospitals, health systems or hospital operators that have recently posted job listings seeking post-acute care talent.

An all-government approach is needed to help the nursing home industry recover from its current crisis, Katie Smith Sloan wrote for The Hill last week.

Over 730,000 residents have recovered from COVID-19 since the onset of the pandemic, according to a new report from the American Healthcare Association and National Center for Assisted Living. 

Charlotte, N.C.-based Atrium Health Carolinas Rehabilitation and Qatar Rehabilitation Institute recently entered into a partnership aimed at improving quality of care and outcomes for rehabilitation patients globally. 

One of Iowa's largest nursing home chains has been sold to Cedar Health Group, a holding company based in Lakewood, N.J., The Iowa Capital Dispatch reported March 22.