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COVID-19 cases have dropped more than 77 percent since November among people in Ohio's long-term care facilities. Adobe Stock COLUMBUS — Ohio is at the head of the pack when it comes to getting the COVID-19 vaccine into long-term care facilities. According to state data updated Sunday, Ohio has administered the fifth-highest number of doses nationally through the Center for Disease Control and Prevention's Pharmacy Partnership for Long-Term Care Program. Peter Van Runkle, executive director for the Ohio Health Care Association, said the federal initiative is wrapping up, but there'...

Around 1,846 new cases were reported in Ohio's long term care facilities last week, down 82% from a recent high point.

Tri-State hospitals report 'low' number of staff out sick due to COVID vaccine side effects While a small number of vaccinated health care workers have had to call out sick due to the shots' side effects, officials say it's a "quite low" number and the majority have continued working. and last updated 2021-02-08 19:13:08-05 As more and more Tri-Staters receive one of two COVID-19 vaccinations currently available, doctors are learning more about the side effects that could accompany the dual-injection treatments. Those side effects were strong enough for a small number of vaccinated health car...

Ashland Times Gazette Roughly 25% of Ohio nursing homes and long-term care facilities reported they had less than one week’s supply of personal protective equipment (PPE) during the deadliest month of the pandemic. Leaders in the field say at a time when nursing home residents and staff are vulnerable to COVID-19, these facilities get little support from the state to shore up supplies. Instead, nursing homes are left to try and buy what expensive PPE they can find in a global shortage.  Nearly half of Ohio’s COVID-19 deaths have occurred in long-term care facilities such as nursing ho...

Ohio has $50M plan to shrink nursing home bed count Kaitlin Schroeder Older Ohioans overwhelmingly prefer to stay home and out of a nursing home as long as possible, and when in a nursing home, people primarily want the room to themselves. This has prompted the DeWine administration to propose a $50 million fund that would buy back bed licenses from nursing homes and shrink the number of beds in the region. The fund is proposed as part of DeWine’s newly unveiled two-year operations budget proposal, which will be considered by the Ohio General Assembly. Even though the number...