nursing homes

According to federal data, 12 counties with weekly positivity rates of greater than 10 percent would be required to test staff at least twice a week.

Despite concerns from providers about supply issues and accuracy, Verma said rapid antigen testing machines are the best tool available for nursing homes to stop the spread of COVID-19.

Providers are asking the federal government for more funding and supplies to respond to COVID-19. They're also asking for less oversight.

A ban on visitation at Florida’s 4,000 long-term care facilities expires in early September, and Gov. Ron DeSantis is poised to reopen doors to residents’ family members and friends who have been unable to visit because of the coronavirus pandemic. 

Part of the task force’s debate centered on people who would be categorized as “essential caregivers."

In question is how to allow visitation by members of the general public at many of the state’s 4,000 long-term care facilities.

The initial distribution targets nursing homes in hot spots and those with at least three COVID-19 cases.

It’s unlikely that Florida will mandate all nursing homes reopen to all visitors any time soon. Instead, a panel appointed by Gov. Ron DeSantis...

Top health care regulators in Gov. Ron DeSantis’s administration on Friday discussed a limited reopening of nursing homes and other long-term care…

After nearly five months, families are demanding the state allow some form of in-person visitation in Florida nursing homes and assisted living…

As Florida's coronavirus cases begin to flatten, state officials are considering a plan to allow people to visit family members in nursing homes.

Health News Florida has learned that Florida has a new Long-Term Care Ombudsman, a position that has been vacant for almost a year.The state appointed…