Even well-established infection control policies are often abandoned — or at least deviated from — when put into practice ...

Q: Social isolation is being added to the MDS this Oct. 1. How should we care plan this new item? A: Social isolation is a self-reported social determinant of health item coming to the Minimum Data ...

Some nursing home residents, especially those without family nearby, have gone without a visit since March. While the rise in coronavirus cases across the state poses a physical threat, that isolation ...

With the pandemic state of emergency coming to a close, and with flu season now flu-and-COVID-19 season, experts are shifting their focus to what we can learn from the experience and apply to future ...

With rising concern over hospital staffing shortages as omicron cases rapidly spread, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Thursday shortened isolation periods for health care workers who ...

"This is a secure location that will exclusively care for stable COVID-positive patients who reside at other long-term care facilities,” DeSantis said outside Dolphin Pointe in Jacksonville where the ...

WASHINGTON — Seniors who are experiencing social isolation or loneliness may face a higher risk of mortality, heart disease, and depression, says a new report from the National Academies of Sciences, ...