Nursing Homes

It's been a year since the start of the pandemic and, at long last, some nursing home residents can see their loved ones in person again. That, coupled...

Woohyung Shim was one of the first COVID-19 victims in Columbus. His son Sam says the nursing home unit where he lived lost more than half of its 34…

Rep. Troy Balderson (R-Ohio) is urging Gov. Mike DeWine and federal health authorities to loosen visitation guidelines at nursing homes.COVID-19 has been…

The president of the Ohio Health Care Association, which represents several nursing homes in Northeast Ohio, is happy Gov. Mike DeWine is encouraging compassionate care visits for families. In fact, requests for those visits have increased at several nursing homes and assisted living facilities since DeWine issued guidance last week to encourage family visits if a resident's mental health and physical health is declining, Peter Van Runkle said.

Gov. Mike DeWine is sending a letter to all Ohio's nursing homes to make sure they're clear on the federal government's guidelines for visitations, which…

The nursing home COVID-19 death toll jumped by nearly 1,300 in the last week, as the Ohio Department of Health added in 4,000 unaccounted-for deaths to...

Ohio’s current COVID-19 hospitalizations and average new case numbers continued a downward slide on Thursday as more people receive vaccinations against the coronavirus. Still, the virus remains widespread throughout the state, with all but four of Ohio’s 88 counties at the second highest alert level for viral spread. Dr. Bruce Vanderhoff, the state’s chief medical officer, urged Ohioans to continue wearing masks and maintaining physical distance from one another, particularly as new strains of the virus circulate.

Gov. Mike DeWine said a curfew may be reinstated in the future, in particular if cases climb due to more contagious variants of the virus.

COVID-19 cases and deaths appear to be on a downward trend around Ohio, and that extends to long-term care facilities as well.At the beginning of this…

More than half of the state’s COVID-19 deaths are coming from nursing homes. Those and other long-term care facilities are getting a lot of attention in…