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Hopkinsville, KY, USA / WHOP 1230 AM | News Radio Aug 2, 2021 | 4:09 PM Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear continues to urge people to get the COVID-19 vaccine as cases continue to climb in the state. In a press briefing Monday, the governor says they’ve seen multiple signs in the data of exponential growth in the virus, particularly in the spike in the positivity rate, which is now at 9.77 percent—it was below two percent in June. Governor Beshear says the difference between now and when the p...

VDH allowing healthcare facilities in Virginia to expand visitation for residents, families Published Friday, Mar. 12, 2021, 9:38 pm Join AFPs 100,000+ followers on Facebook Purchase a subscription to AFP | Subscribe to AFP podcasts on iTunes News, press releases, letters to the editor: augustafreepress2@gmail.com Front Page » Government/Politics » VDH allowing healthcare facilities in Virginia to expand visitation for residents, families (© Fabian – stock.adobe.com) Healthcare facilities...

ALBANY — State senators voted on Monday to pass 11 pieces of legislation as part of a package to reform oversight and care at nursing homes in wake of recent controversy over state COVID-19 policies and publishing public health data from congregate facilities. Legislators moved bills to become law that would require all nursing homes to spend at least 70% of a facility’s revenue on direct patient care; for each facility to disclose a list of violations and actions taken at the facilit...

PUBLISHED 7:58 PM ET Feb. 22, 2021 PUBLISHED 7:58 PM EST Feb. 22, 2021 SHARE The New York State Senate passed ten nursing home reform bills on Monday, but that is as far as some of these bills might go. Speaker Carl Heastie said that the Assembly is likely to pass their own set of reform bills, which means both houses will need to come to an agreement before any bill can be signed into law. However, the focus over recent days has shifted f...

NY Senate to approve expansion of nursing home visits, increased Covid-19 reporting requirements Updated Feb 22, 2021; Update: All of the nursing home bills passed the Senate this afternoon. Sen. Rachel May’s bill to designate caregivers to visit during health crises, even if the nursing home is closed to the public, passed 63-0. Syracuse, N.Y. – State senators are expected to approve legislation today meant to require more oversight and transparent reporting about nursing home residents d...

51 Years Since Stonewall – Health, Poverty, Housing Hurdles Still Plague LGBTQ 50+ NYers; Worse Since COVID: First of its Kind Report By Erik Kriss , January 28, 2021 10:36 AM LGBTQ NYers of Color Face Highest Hurdles; AARP NY, AARP Foundation & SAGE Urge Policy Solutions to Reduce the Inequities NEW YORK, N.Y. — LGBTQ New Yorkers age 50+ face steeper barriers to healthcare, higher rates of pover...

bkibler@altoonamirror.com A $175-million program involving 11 hospital systems that helped long-term care facilities deal with COVID-19 for six months ended recently, and the Wolf administration has replaced it with a less-well-funded program to hold things together through the end of February. The administration asked for federal money to keep the Regional Response Health Collaboration Program going, but the recent federal stimulus didn’t provide it, so agencies cobbled together a new progra...

Pennsylvania officials will offer a scaled-down version of its successful program providing immediate support to long-term care facilities battling COVID-19 for at least six more weeks. The Regional Congregate Care Assistance Teams (RCAT), part of the states Long-Term Care Task Force, will replace the Regional Response Health Collaborative (RRHC). That program ended Dec. 30, when the state’s CARES Act funding expired.    The new program will continue 24-hour access to assistance start...