November 2021

Read the digital edition of the November 2021 print issue here. Select excerpts from this month’s magazine can also be found below.

The battle over how best to protect long-term care residents from COVID-19 cases raged into early fall, with federal officials approving some booster shots and providers still awaiting details in mid-October...

Operators are clamoring for more workers and policies that will help keep the doors open.

The new Rockland Ridge Nursing and Rehabilitation center boasts a welcoming courtyard and eco-friendly materials outside and smart design inside.

Vincent Mor, Ph.D., Professor, Brown University School of Public Health

Pennsylvania long-term care resident Doris Fosbenner, 85, spent an evening in mid-September floating across the skies after facility leaders made her lifelong dream of riding a hot air balloon come true. 

Carol Silver Elliott, President and CEO, Jewish Home Family

Q: Our facility is having trouble selecting the primary diagnosis code under I0020 and I0200B. How can we establish a process to simplify this task?

Do long-term care facilities have liability protections from lawsuits related to COVID-19 and are those protections sufficient?

Government support has kept some facilities afloat, but persistent challenges may require investments they can’t afford long-term.