Skilled Nursing

ANNAPOLIS, Md. — Occupancy at U.S. skilled nursing facilities in December 2020 reached its lowest level since data have been collected, ending the year at 71.7 percent, according to the National Investment Center for Seniors Housing & Care (NIC). The data comes from over 1,500 skilled nursing facilities in 48 states that report data to NIC, an Annapolis-based data and analytics organization serving the seniors housing industry. The report includes information through the end of 2020. Average skilled nursing occupancy declined 13.3 percentage points since February 2020, before the COVID-19 …

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The American Health Care Association and National Center for Assisted Living (AHCA/NCAL) has released a report showing nursing homes in the U.S. have seen the lowest number of new COVID-19 cases since the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) started tracking back in May 2020. AHCA/NCAL is a Washington, D.C.-based organization representing more than 14,000 nursing homes and long-term care facilities across the country. The report suggests that the various vaccines for COVID-19 are working, the organization says. Recent CMS data shows that nursing homes have …

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The American Health Care Association (AHCA), representing more than 14,000 nursing homes and long-term care facilities across the country, and LeadingAge, the association of more than 5,000 aging services providers including nursing homes, have set a nationwide goal for nursing home staff vaccinations. With the help of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the D.C.-based organizations recommend that 75 percent of the approximately 1.5 million nursing home staff throughout the country be vaccinated against COVID-19 by June 30, 2021. “With COVID-19 vaccinations being distributed across …