nursing homes

Pandemic restrictions are falling away almost everywhere — except inside many of America’s nursing homes

A review of state and federal inspection records by NBC Bay Area’s Investigative Unit found commonly-accepted safety guidelines were not followed at many of the Bay Area nursing homes hit hardest by COVID-19.

A review of state and federal inspection records by the Investigative Unit found commonly-accepted safety guidelines were not followed at many of the Bay Area nursing homes hit hardest by the coronavirus. Jaxon Van Derbeken reports.

Nursing homes across the country are still reporting scattered COVID-19 outbreaks and COVID-associated deaths, albeit at much smaller rates than during the height of the pandemic.

Nursing homes have to publicly disclose their vaccination rates for flu and pneumonia, but there’s no similar mandate for COVID-19 shots

Nursing homes and other elderly residences battered by COVID-19 are easing lockdown-like restrictions more than a year into the pandemic

As the coronavirus made an end-of-the-year surge across New York, some nursing homes proved especially helpless at stopping the spread of COVID-19, despite having nine months to stockpile protective equipment and refine preventative measures

California sued the nation’s largest senior living home operator alleging the company misled consumers on quality ratings.

The chorus of calls for Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s resignation within his own party grew louder again Tuesday, a day after a third woman came forward to allege inappropriate physical behavior by New York’s commander in chief. The latest allegations involved an unwanted physical advance at a 2019 wedding. Cuomo has drawn widespread bipartisan rebuke over the harassment allegations, which...

Gov. Andrew Cuomo was expected to address the public on Monday and deliver another coronavirus briefing he has become synonymous with over the past 12 months, but this time to mark one year since the state reported its first case. Instead, the governor, marred by controversy, was noticeably absent. The fallout over multiple sexual harassment allegations followed the governor into…

The comments from Democrat Ron Kim come as a senior official tells NBC New York that the Brooklyn U.S. Attorney’s Office and the FBI have launched a preliminary investigation into the Cuomo administration’s handling of nursing home-related data.

Some television shows age much better than others. For CNN, last spring’s prime-time banter between Chris Cuomo and his older brother, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, looks worse in hindsight as the governor’s administration is questioned about its role in failing to disclose the true number of COVID-19 nursing home deaths. CNN is covering that story, but not on Chris...

For the Isabella Geriatric Center at the northern end of Manhattan, the coronavirus has been a calamity, suspected of killing nearly 100 residents at the 705-bed nursing home. The death toll forced it to store bodies in a refrigerated truck and prompted U.S. Rep. Adriano Espaillat to call for an investigation into whether nursing homes have withheld information from regulators…

The news that COVID-19 took a far greater toll on New York nursing homes than previously reported highlights just how vulnerable these institutions are. Richard Mollot, executive director of the Long Term Care Community Coalition, joined LX News to explain how the pandemic has highlighted a system that is already malfunctioning due to insufficient staffing.

The British government has announced a small step out of the nation’s lockdown — allowing nursing home residents to have a single friend or family member visit them indoors

A multi-agency campaign to provide vaccinations at nursing homes in Marin County over the past two months has helped dramatically cut COVID-19 infection rates of residents and staff.

Coronavirus cases have dropped at U.S. nursing homes and other long-term care facilities over the past few weeks

Only a little more than a third of nursing home workers have been getting shots against COVID-19 when the vaccinations are first offered

New York may have undercounted COVID-19 deaths among nursing home residents by thousands, the state attorney general charged in a report Thursday that dealt a blow to Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s oft-repeated claims that his state is doing better than others in protecting its most vulnerable. The 76-page report found an undercount of more than 50%, backing up the findings of…

A nurse practitioner in Colorado has built a state-approved contraption that allows people to hug their loved ones safely.