McKnight's January 25, 2022
Increased COVID-19 case counts at nursing homes nationwide have prevented hospitals from discharging patients into skilled nursing facilities due to a lack of beds.
The inability of nursing homes to take patients ready to leave hospitals amid the current COVID-19 wave is underscoring skilled nursing’s “essential” role in the care continuum, experts said Monday.
Weekly cases at SNFs rose from about 5,800 to 33,400 between mid-December to early January, according to the latest federal data. Weekly COVID-19 cases among staff also hit a record 57,000 during the week of Jan. 9.
The rising cases have caused admission shortages and hospitals as a result have been forced to keep patients they would have otherwise released, the Guardian reported Monday....
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