Seven Louisiana nursing homes are to remain closed for at least a year as the owner seeks to appeal the state's decision to revoke his licenses following a Hurricane Ida evacuation, The Advocate reported Nov. 3.

A team at Yale School of Nursing in Orange, Conn., worked with the New York Academy of Medicine in New York City and a hand hygiene company to develop a collection of infection prevention resources for long-term care facilities, Yale Daily News reported Oct. 3. 

Eighty percent of short-term nursing home residents said although they received and understood discharge instructions, they experienced gaps in preparation and care coordination, according to an October 2021 survey conducted by the United Hospital Fund. 

At least 370 residents and staff in nursing homes across Iowa have been infected with COVID-19 during current outbreaks, up 20 percent from the 307 cases reported last week, Iowa Capital Dispatch reported Nov. 2. 

Researchers at the University of Missouri announced Oct. 27 it earned a four year $1.9 million grant from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality to assess nursing homes' COVID-19 response across the state.

Inspectors for CMS found officials at Accordius Health at Salisbury, N.C., placed a resident in "immediate jeopardy" by failing to prevent him from ingesting a mouse taken from the trash, WCNC Charlotte reported Oct. 29. 

Of the 3.2 million doses of monoclonal antibody treatments for COVID-19 distributed across the U.S., only 13,500 doses have gone to nursing homes, NBC News reported Oct. 31. 

More than 800 workers were laid off from seven Louisiana nursing home facilities after the state revoked their licenses, Lafayette Daily Advertiser reported Oct. 27.

A survey conducted by the North Dakota Long Care Association found that 57.6 percent of the 200 nursing homes surveyed in the state have frozen admissions because of staffing shortages, The Dickinson Press reported Oct. 26. 

Kaiser Health News reported Oct. 25 that Massachusetts, New Jersey and New York have set requirements for how much nursing homes must spend on residents’ direct care and imposed limits on what they can spend elsewhere in an attempt to improve the quality of care. 

The delay in a nationwide vaccination mandate for nursing home staff members has families and residents expressing frustration and concern about unvaccinated individuals providing direct care, The New York Times reported Oct. 20. 

Illinois officials failed to properly oversee nursing homes, including not enforcing minimum staffing requirements, according to a review from Manatt Health Strategies, The Chicago Tribune reported Oct. 18. 

Staff shortages in hospice facilities around the country are causing some facilities to postpone patient care, according to an Oct. 16 report from The New York Times. 

More than 2,000 COVID-19 deaths occurred in U.S. nursing homes during a four-week period ending Sept. 19, nearly double the number of deaths compared to the four weeks prior, an Oct. 14 analysis of government data from the American Association of Retired Persons found. 

ClearSky Health, a leading rehabilitative healthcare provider, announced plans Oct. 8 to build a 30-bed rehabilitation hospital in Waxahachie, Texas.

The owner of seven nursing homes who evacuated more 843 residents to a warehouse during Hurricane Ida announced he would appeal the state's licensing revocations, according to BRProud.

Employees in adult and senior care facilities and in-home aides have been added to the list of California healthcare workers who must be vaccinated against COVID-19, according to a Sept. 28 release from the California Department of Public Health. 

A North Carolina nursing home was cited by the state after maggots were found in an untreated wound on a patient's foot, according to an Oct. 4 report from FOX 46 Charlotte. 

California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed two bills into law Oct. 4 mandating a licensing moratorium and cracking down on kickbacks and patient recruiting schemes in the state's hospice care, according to the Los Angeles Times.

Mount Sinai Health System opened the Charles Lazarus Children's Abilities Center, which is being billed as the first innovative pediatric rehabilitation center in New York City, according to an Oct. 4 press release.