Post-Acute

Recent studies on post-acute care have focused on quality of care in private-equity owned nursing homes, medical school residents' knowledge of nursing facilities and more. 

New York nursing homes and other adult care facilities must provide access to COVID-19 booster shots to all residents, Gov. Kathy Hochul announced Nov. 28 as a part of a state of emergency declaration. 

Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz activated the National Guard to form skilled-nursing "response teams" to provide support to long-term care facilities experiencing staff shortages and ​​proposed providing $50 million in federal funding to facilities to help with hiring and retention in…

The Department of Veteran Affairs' COVID-19 data reflecting May 2020 to Nov. 7, 2021, shows 1,498 residents and 54 staff at its facilities have died from the virus, figures likely to rise with missing data from harder-hit states, Politico reported…

Andover Subacute Facility I and II, two New Jersey facilities that came under fire following the discovery of 17 bodies in a makeshift morgue in April 2020, have been renamed Woodland Behavioral and Nursing Center at Andover, NBC reported Nov.…

A survey of 80 nursing homes across Rhode Island revealed 1,920 positions are currently open, Providence-based NBC 10 reported Nov. 18. 

Private equity-owned nursing homes saw an increase in emergency room visits and hospitalizations among long-term residents and an increase in Medicare costs, an investigation published Nov. 19 in JAMA Health Forum found.

Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf announced Nov. 18 a significant expansion of Bayada’s Nurse Residency apprenticeship program through a $297,000 grant to help patients needing home healthcare. 

Only 55 percent of medical school residents reported consistently completing discharge summaries for hospitalized patients being transferred to skilled nursing facilities, a study published in the November issue of Journal of the American Medical Directors Association found.

Patients who use home health programs are readmitted to hospitals slightly less than those patients transferred to skilled nursing facilities, according to the 2021 AHHQI Home Health Chartbook released Nov. 18.