Florida Health Care Association

The Florida Health Care Association counters by saying those trends are a function of the post-COVID workforce environment and not the result of efforts to "modernize staffing standards."

Residents from nine facilities still shuttered are staying in nearby skilled nursing centers, where staff are working to make them feel comfortable and monitor for "transfer trauma."

Groups representing nursing homes, hospitals, assisted living facilities and home health providers detail issues such as nurse and CNA shortages and a lack of nursing faculty and student slots at colleges.

Brian Lee with Families for Better Care says federal data on nursing home case rates lags and doesn't cover all of Florida's long-term care facilities.

High levels of community spread and low vaccination rates are putting many nursing homes in Florida at risk for COVID-19 outbreaks. Some facilities are taking extra precautions.

The state is allowing residents to return to facilities after being screened for COVID-19-like symptoms.

A national COVID-19 “dashboard” released Wednesday by AARP shows that the death rate of Florida nursing home residents over a recent four-week period…

Florida long-term care providers are getting a reprieve from having to pay more than $72 million in “assessments” to the state.Agency for Health Care…

The administration of Gov. Ron DeSantis, a steadfast supporter of President Donald Trump, is raising concerns about a proposed federal rule that would…

The state’s largest nursing-home association sent a letter to Gov. Ron DeSantis asking him to spare from a veto millions of dollars in Medicaid funding…