COVID-19 cases in nursing homes surged by 44% last month

New weekly coronavirus infections in US nursing homes surged by 44% last month compared to September and deaths rose by 10% in seven days in mid-October, report reveals Over the course of the week ending in October 18, there were 8,575 new COVDI-19 cases in US nursing homes, an American Health Care Association report finds … Read more

More than 40% of coronavirus cases in US nursing homes are asymptomatic, new study finds

More than 40% of coronavirus cases in US nursing homes are asymptomatic, new study finds Researchers looked at data from more than 500 nursing homes across 34 states A total of 40.6% of more than 5,400 positive coronavirus cases were asymptomatic with no signs such as fever, coughing or shortness of breath Nearly one in five … Read more

Nevada directs nursing homes to stop using rapid COVID-19 tests after high rates of false-positives

Nevada health officials order nursing homes to STOP using rapid COVID-19 tests after finding 60% of positive results were false In August 2020, nursing homes in Nevada were sent two rapid antigen COVID-19 tests: the Quidel Sofia II and the BD Veritor Plus Unlike nasal swab tests that detect the genetic material of the virus, these … Read more

Britain is in midst of nursing crisis with nearly 40,000 vacancies

Britain is in the midst of nursing crisis after a report revealed there are nearly 40,000 vacancies, with a third of workers planning to quit the NHS next year due to a lack of staff and support. MPs have warned there is an ’emerging crisis in nursing’ after a new report highlighted the sheer number … Read more

Police probing nursing centre where ten residents died from coronavirus pass file to prosecutors 

Will care home bosses be in the dock? Police probing nursing centre where ten residents died from coronavirus pass file to prosecutors Police investigating the Home Farm care home have passed file to prosecutors  The home on the Isle of Skye, had been described as a ‘risk to life and limb’ An investigation was launched in … Read more

Hilaria Baldwin snaps mirror selfie while nursing newborn Edu

She gave birth to her son Eduardo on Tuesday. And Hilaria Baldwin snapped a bathroom mirror selfie this Saturday while breastfeeding her newborn fifth child. The 36-year-old wife of Alec Baldwin quipped in her caption: ‘3.5 days in and we are champs at multitasking.’ ‘Champs at multitasking’: Hilaria Baldwin snapped a bathroom mirror selfie this Saturday … Read more

Number of people forced to sell their home to pay for nursing care to be counted for the first time

Number of people forced to sell their home to pay for nursing care will be counted for the first time People forced to sell homes to pay for care homes will be counted for first time The Office for National Statistics declared that it will find out the exact figure Estimates have put the number … Read more

Senators call for probe after hydroxychloroquine was administered to patients in nursing homes

Three US Senators are calling for a federal investigation after two nursing homes administered hydroxychloroquine to residents infected with the novel coronavirus without gaining proper approval first.   In a letter sent on Thursday to the inspector general of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Sens. Bob Casey (D-PA), Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) and Ron … Read more

AI device for nursing homes can monitor elderly residents using radio waves

AI device for nursing homes can monitor elderly residents’ precise movements using radio waves and call for help if needed The device bounces radio waves around a room to look at objects and movement When it detects movement it bounces the signal back to the mounted sensor  Artificial Intelligence analyses the data to create a … Read more

Nursing homes were bullied into accepting Covid patients from hospitals, damning report finds 

Nursing homes were bullied into accepting Covid patients from hospitals, damning report finds Report finds seventy homes accepted hospital patients untested for Covid-19 A fifth of care homes surveyed received a Covid-19 positive patient from hospital Managers in some homes placed unlawful do not resuscitate orders on residents By Joseph Laws For Mailonline Published: 01:08 … Read more