nursing homes

Some families have been able to see their loved ones in nursing homes and assisted living facilities face-to-face for the first time in months, now that…

Some long-term care facilities in Florida will be able to open their doors for visitors as soon as Wednesday, September 2, in Florida.

Many people in Florida who live in nursing homes have gone more than five months without visitors. Now, as residents are about to receive visitors again, they also have a new advocate looking out for them.

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’…

As the state battles the spread of COVID-19 in institutional care settings, six long-term care providers submitted certificate of need applications to…

Florida should allow the resumption of face-to-face visits in nursing homes --- and let certain visitors touch residents --- under recommendations…

A task force set up by Gov. Ron DeSantis reached broad agreement Tuesday on a plan that would reopen nursing homes to “essential” and “compassionate”…

The Trump administration’s latest effort to use COVID-19 rapid tests — touted by one senior official as a “turning point” in arresting the coronavirus’s…

Agency for Health Care Administration Secretary Mary Mayhew said Wednesday she hopes a task force will be able to finalize recommendations next week on…

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 discussed…