Home Health Care News August 17, 2020
Robert Holly

Across the country, home health nurses and therapists continue to struggle with restrictions around seeing their patients in nursing homes, assisted living communities and other long-term care facilities.

Unfortunately, those restrictions aren’t likely to go away anytime soon, especially when it comes to facilities located in Sun Belt states.

According to a new report from the American Health Care Association (AHCA) and National Center for Assisted Living (NCAL), the nursing home sector is currently in the midst of a major spike of new COVID-19 cases — one that surpasses the previous peak level set at the end of May.

Washington, D.C.-based AHCA and NCAL represent more than 14,000 nursing...

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