nursing homes

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House passes bill to set minimum visitation standards during public health emergencies

The legislation sets minimum visitation requirements for a patient in a nursing home or hospital during public health emergencies.

April 8, 2021

Alabama Nursing Home Association responds to new federal visitation guidance

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services released updated visitation guidance for nursing homes Wednesday.

March 11, 2021

Alabama nursing homes report declining COVID-19 cases

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has not revised its visitation restrictions.

March 5, 2021

FDA panel approves emergency use for Moderna’s COVID vaccine

The full FDA and a CDC panel both still have to sign off on the panel’s recommendation.

December 18, 2020

EMS workers putting nursing home residents at risk, according to facilities

EMS personnel are only required to be screened for symptoms at the beginning of each shift, far below the federal procedures for nursing homes.

November 5, 2020

More than 100,000 Alabamians have contracted the coronavirus

The Alabama Department of Public Health reported an additional 875 positive cases of the novel strain of the coronavirus, SARS-CoV-2, in Alabama, bringing the total number of infections since March to more than 100,000. The number of known cases in the state has reached 100,801. More than half of those cases — 52,213 cases — … Continued

August 13, 2020

Nearly 4,000 Alabama long-term care residents have contracted the coronavirus

At least 1,526 residents have been diagnosed since July 1. That is a rate of 45 new cases in long-term care facilities per day. In just the last two weeks, 842 long-term care facility residents have tested positive for the coronavirus. That is a rate of 60 new cases per day.

August 4, 2020