Nursing Homes

The lobbying group for Ohio's nursing homes is warning that a new requirement that staff be vaccinated will have unintended consequences.

A proposed constitutional amendment that would establish minimum staffing levels for care for Ohio’s nursing homes is one step closer to making the ballot.

Ohio is dropping more COVID restrictions on nursing homes and assisted living centers.

The Senate has okayed a bipartisan bill that allows nursing home and long-term care facility residents and their families to install cameras in their rooms to prevent abuse and neglect.

Updated: 3:05 p.m., Monday, May 3, 2021 Ohio is relaxing requirements for COVID-19 testing among nursing home and assisted living employees, Gov. Mike DeWine announced Monday. Those working in nursing homes or other congregate care settings who have been fully vaccinated will no longer have to be tested for the virus twice a week, according to a new statewide health order.

Many Ohioans have security cameras inside their homes but state law prohibits residents who live in assisted living or long-term care nursing facilities from having them. A bill has been proposed in the Ohio legislature to change that.

A federal push to reach both residents and staff at long-term care facilities is winding down, leaving many workers who care for the elderly and vulnerable unvaccinated.

Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine says he’ll make public a list of nursing homes and assisted living facilities that have not asked for the vaccine or said that their staff and residents have been vaccinated.

Gov. Mike DeWine says a new health order will mandate nursing homes and assisted living facilities allow visits when there is not a COVID…

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.