The 36th episode of our podcast, Rethink, is now available! When the first vaccines against COVID-19 received emergency use authorization, long-term care residents and workers at those facilities were at the front of the line to receive them. And as the shots have rolled out, residents have participated at high rates, and new COVID-19 cases […]
Vernon Manor
When it became apparent that COVID-19 was sweeping the country, one of the earliest major preventative steps was a move by the federal government to instate a near-total lockdown on any unnecessary visits. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced the sweeping ban on March 13, which did include an exception for end-of-life […]
The presence of COVID-19 in nursing homes has been splashed across news reports across the country, but at least according to federal data, the majority of skilled nursing facilities have been able to keep the virus outside. One facility in Connecticut, Vernon Manor, had all 93 of its residents test negative for COVID-19 on May […]
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