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Nursing home residents have been disproportionately impacted by the coronavirus, from the...

Nursing home residents have been disproportionately impacted by the coronavirus, from the...

Jeannie Wells had hoped that regular visits would resume at her elderly mother’s New...

COVID-19 vaccines have allowed nursing homes in the U.S. to make dramatic progress since the dark days of the pandemic, but senior care facilities are still experiencing scattered outbreaks that are largely bla

Nursing homes are STILL barring families from visiting loved ones because of ongoing COVID outbreaks caused by staff and new residents who havent been vaccinated More than 85% of U.S. adults over 65 receiving at least one COVID vaccine dose, including 2.14 million residents of long-term care facilities, CDC data show But nursing homes in the U.S. say theyre still struggling with virus outbreaks, largely blamed on unvaccinated staff members Only about half of long-term care workers were vaccinat...

COVID-19 vaccines have allowed nursing homes in the U.S. to make dramatic progress since the dark days of the pandemic, but senior care facilities are still experiencing scattered outbreaks that are largely blamed on unvaccinated staff members.

Hundreds of deaths each week inside nursing homes continue to be attributed to the coronavirus

Nursing homes across the country are still reporting scattered COVID-19 outbreaks and COVID-associated deaths. Those facilities are subsequently following federal and state recommendations to pause visitations, causing disappointment and frustration among family members who hoped to get back to normal once the residents were fully vaccinated.

Jeannie Wells had hoped that regular visits would resume at her elderly mother’s New...

Hundreds of COVID Deaths Still Occurring Each Week in U.S. Nursing Homes On 6/1/21 at 3:15 PM EDT Associated Press reported. The data shows that the number of nursing home deaths related to COVID-19 is down from 10,675 in the first two weeks of January to 472 in the first two weeks of May. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) warned that low rates of vaccination among health care workers in nursing homes raises the risk of outbreaks. While the outbreaks are less common than earl...