One statistic from the COVID-19 pandemic makes New Hampshire stand out from all other states â the percentage of COVID-19 deaths in nursing homes and long-term care facilities.
Eighty percent of New Hampshireâs COVID-19 deaths â four of every five â have involved residents of long-term care facilities, according to state and federal data.
That percentage is twice the national average.
In state-by-state color-coded maps that portray nursing home deaths, New Hampshire is a pronounced turquoise, surrounded by dark blue New England states with rates at least 20 percentage points lower.
âWorking in an environment like this, the COVID virus is always on peopleâs minds,â said Marlene Makowski, administrator at St. Joseph Residence nursing home in Manchester.
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My Turn: Action, not studies, needed for long-term care
Published: 12/23/2020 6:20:25 AM
In 2016, Senate Bill 439 created a commission to study the worker shortage in long-term care. In November 2016, among other things, the commission recommended, “Medicaid reimbursement should be sufficient to pay the Medicaid share-of-cost of living wages that will assist in recruiting, and retaining, caregivers in both the facility-based and in-home care long-term care settings.”
Concurrently, then-Gov. Maggie Hassan had, by executive order, created a similar commission. In December 2016 that commission reported that “New Hampshire faces a serious challenge in meeting its citizens’ long-term care needs in both community and facility-based settings.” It noted that, “Medicaid reimbursement has been stagnant for many years, thereby suppressing wage growth.” Accordingly, it recommended that the state “raise Medicaid reimbursement rates to support wages that reflect the current and
Health care experts urge New Hampshire to be more like Vermont with COVID-19 prevention
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Published: 12/21/2020 5:55:13 PM
Several Upper Valley health care providers and researchers are calling on New Hampshire to take more aggressive action to curb transmission of COVID-19 to prevent illness, death and overcrowding at hospitals.
While some said they recognize the challenge of balancing what may seem like competing needs of the economy and public health, they argued that targeted restrictions – including several enacted in neighboring Vermont – are needed. Moreover, some said, preventing an uncontrolled surge will benefit the economy in the long run.
New Hampshire long-term care facilities prepare for COVID-19 vaccine delivery
Delivery, inoculation process logistics established Share Updated: 10:19 PM EST Dec 20, 2020
Delivery, inoculation process logistics established Share Updated: 10:19 PM EST Dec 20, 2020
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Show Transcript HOME ACROSS THE COUNTRY. HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS SAY THIS MOMENT HAS BEEN A LONG TIME COMING. CVS TELLS NEWS 9, DOSES WILL ARRIVE TO SOME OF THEIR FACILITIES AS EARLY AS TOMORROW. FROM THERE, THEY WILL BE DELIVERED TO NURSING HOMES ACROSS THE STATE. THE DELIVERIES WILL BE STAGGERED IN THE COMING DAYS. BRENDAN WILLIAMS OF THE NEW HAMPSHIRE HEALTH CARE ASSOCIATION SAYS THE FIRST PEOPLE VACCINATED WILL BE PATIENTS AND STAFF WHO HAVE DIRECT CONTACT WITH THEM. DAVID ROSS IS THE ADMINISTRATOR OF THE HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY NURSING HOME. LIKE SO MANY OTHERS THE FACILITY WAS CRIPPLED BY COVID- 19. 154 RESIDENTS CONTRACTED THE VIRUS A
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