An Action News Investigation analyzed data to see which local facilities had a history of infection control problems. The American Health Care Association, which represents nursing homes, called COVID ...

Federal regulators have cited nursing homes for basic infection control deficiencies more than any other violation since 2017, according to a report from Kaiser Health News. KHN analyzed inspection ...

Advocates for nursing home residents say the prior violations show nursing homes have ongoing issues with infection control that indicate they were not prepared to protect residents from Covid-19.

Dr. Kenneth Scott is CEO and founder of SilverSage Management Services, providing physicians and consulting to the long-term care industry. Few places were harder hit during the COVID-19 pandemic than ...

AUSTIN (KXAN) — These days, Janie Luevano spends a lot of time outside. Inside, she doesn’t feel the usual holiday cheer. She chose to ditch the Christmas decorations this year — opting instead for a ...

About 1 in 4 for-profit nursing homes across the country are likely not complying with federal regulations surrounding infection control staff, increasing health and safety risks for residents and ...

AUSTIN (KXAN) — Long before COVID-19 began to threaten vulnerable nursing home residents, several Central Texas senior facilities had already failed to follow federal guidelines for infection control ...

The best way to show the federal government takes seriously the importance of infection control in nursing homes, especially in the wake of the pandemic, is to require a full-time specialist. That’s ...

A staff member at one nursing home in Miami failed to wash her hands after handling soiled linen and removing her mask, gown and gloves, according to an inspection report. A utility room at another ...

Nursing homes are a perfect-storm environment for the coronavirus, pairing residents at greater risk of serious illness with facilities that may be ill-equipped to prevent the spread of infection ...