This guide is part of our Older and Overlooked series on the danger wildfires pose to California's older population, especially during COVID-19. The coronavirus pandemic is a sudden, new threat to ...

When a couple of historic heatwaves sent temperatures in the Pacific Northwest soaring above 100 degrees Fahrenheit in June, Providence Mount St. Vincent, a large senior residential facility in ...

Michael Wasserman, Newbury Park, California. R. Tamara Konetzka ([email protected]), University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois. Nursing home residents are vulnerable to disproportionate harm during ...

Gov. John Bel Edwards’ administration is backing a law change that could allow nursing homes to continue to operate even after state officials deemed their disaster and evacuation plans inadequate.

The University of Wyoming’s Fay W. Whitney School of Nursing recently implemented comprehensive disaster management leadership training, preparing 39 undergraduate nursing students to respond ...

Incidents like the one that is about to be summarized emphasize the importance of hazard analysis as required by the Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services Emergency Preparedness Rule. Knowing the ...

Over 40 percent of U.S. coronavirus deaths have been linked to long-term care facilities. Why? Here's everything you need to know: How bad were the outbreaks? More than 43,000 people and at least 400 ...

BATON ROUGE, La. (BRPROUD) — New state legislation could better protect our most vulnerable population during a natural disaster. This is after a poor evacuation plan of over 800 nursing home ...

The coronavirus pandemic is a sudden, new threat to assisted living and skilled nursing homes — and those facilities already are under increasing threat from wildfire in California. A KQED ...