The owner of California’s largest nursing home company is facing a lawsuit with more than 142 complaints alleging one of his nursing homes is responsible for the COVID-19-related deaths of 24 residents, San Jose Inside reported Dec. 8. 

Minnesota plans to use $3.5 million in federal funding in a new tuition reimbursement program to train and deploy 1,000 nursing assistants into long-term care facilities by Jan. 31, the Hastings Star Gazette reported Dec. 6.

An Iowa nursing home cited in October for 18 federal and four state regulatory violations is now facing at least $685,000 in fines, the Iowa Capital Dispatch reported Dec. 3. 

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul deployed 60 National Guard teams to nursing homes throughout the state to relieve staff shortages and rising COVID-19 infections, Lohud reported Dec. 1.

Wisconsin offers the strongest protection against elder abuse in the U.S., according to an analysis released Dec. 1 by WalletHub, a personal finance website.

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 a Nov. 22 press release. 

Vermont has the highest percentage of nursing home residents who have received the COVID-19 vaccine while Nevada ranks the lowest in the country, according to data from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services last updated Nov. 17.

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 Nov. 19.

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. 22. 

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. 

Missouri's Department of Health and Senior Services announced Nov. 12 an emergency rule allowing nursing homes to close for up to two years without having to relinquish their licenses in light of federal vaccination mandates, KTTN reported Nov. 16.  

Resilient Healthcare announced a partnership with Dallas-based Medical City Healthcare Nov. 12 to deliver high-acuity care in the home as COVID-19 cases persist around the state.

Philadelphia-based Jefferson Health and Bayada Home Health Care in Moorestown, N.J., announced Nov. 16 a definitive agreement for a joint venture to expand and improve the quality of home healthcare for Jefferson patients. 

In a series of memorandums published Nov. 12, CMS lifted nursing home visitation restrictions prompted by the COVID-19 pandemic and increased survey oversights.