With the pandemic state of emergency coming to a close, and with flu season now flu-and-COVID-19 season, experts are shifting their focus to what we can learn from the experience and apply to future ...

"This is a secure location that will exclusively care for stable COVID-positive patients who reside at other long-term care facilities,” DeSantis said outside Dolphin Pointe in Jacksonville where the ...

Some nursing home residents, especially those without family nearby, have gone without a visit since March. While the rise in coronavirus cases across the state poses a physical threat, that isolation ...

Even well-established infection control policies are often abandoned — or at least deviated from — when put into practice during nursing home flu and COVID outbreaks, according to a new study.

The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is shortening the isolation time for health care workers who test positive for Covid-19, as it anticipates a surge in hospitalizations due to the ...

A new study by researchers from the School of Nursing has found that the COVID-19 pandemic brought a new level of isolation and loneliness to nursing home residents, leaving them with a palpable sense ...

WASHINGTON — Seniors who are experiencing social isolation or loneliness may face a higher risk of mortality, heart disease, and depression, says a new report from the National Academies of Sciences, ...

Over the past 14 months, the pandemic has brought to nursing homes and assisted living facilities illness, death, isolation and untold suffering. The numbers tell only part of the story, but they are ...