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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services now recommends that visitors and residents, whether vaccinated or unvaccinated, be allowed to meet in person under most circumstances.
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Long-term care residents and staff members at facilities in Broward and Pinellas counties began receiving COVID-19 vaccinations Wednesday after Gov. Ron DeSantis directed “strike” teams to use the state’s supply of a coveted Pfizer vaccine at the facilities.
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A panel conversation with the head of a retirement community, our healthcare reporter, a senior couple and a registered nurse who's mom is in an Assisted Living Facility about elder care during the pandemic.
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Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said Tuesday he will allow visitors into nursing homes and assisted living facilities, nearly six months after the state blocked visitation during the first wave of coronavirus infections.
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Florida Has A New Advocate For Nursing Home Residents, As They're Set To Soon Receive Visitors AgainMany 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.
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The recommendations, adopted by the Task Force on the Safe and Limited Re-Opening of Long Term Care Facilities, still must be approved by DeSantis, who has been looking for ways to reopen facilities to visitors during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Gov. Ron DeSantis Friday announced the formation of a new task force focused on the safe and limited reopening of long-term care facilities in Florida. He…
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TALLAHASSEE --- Nearly 70 percent of the state’s nursing homes will receive rapid test kits from the federal government in the coming weeks after being…
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As Florida's coronavirus cases begin to flatten, state officials are considering a plan to allow people to visit family members in nursing homes.
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Older COVID-positive patients who live in nursing homes or long-term care facilities are being sent to Florida nursing homes after a hospital discharge to…
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Health News Florida has learned that Florida has a new Long-Term Care Ombudsman, a position that has been vacant for almost a year.
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Florida nursing homes will receive rapid coronavirus testing machines from the federal government. The Department of Health and Human Services announced...