Despite accounting for less than 1% of the US population, nursing home residents suffered 20% of the deaths from COVID-19. That’s a high death toll, but it’s only novel by disease type. Before COVID, 380,000 nursing home residents died annually from infectious diseases like UTIs and influenza. In nursing homes, poor infection control was the
At the beginning of the COVID outbreak in 2020, the hopeful US population was given a one-week timeline to comply with quarantines and other preventative measures to “flatten the curve.” Now, in January of 2022, we are entering the third year of the pandemic and that “one week” has turned into the longest “week” of
Telemedicine has become of vital importance to nursing homes. Telehealth greatly expands access to physicians and advanced practice nurses that residents wouldn’t see otherwise, saving money and lives. More than 10% of patients that are admitted to a skilled nursing facility for post-acute care never see a doctor or advanced practice nurse during their stay.