Harry Wilson will be leaving his position as chief executive officer of Genesis Healthcare just seven months after he was hired to lead the post-acute care giant’s financial turnaround.
Post-acute care giant Genesis Healthcare is on the hunt for a new chief executive officer after announcing that Harry Wilson will end his tenure as CEO after just seven months in the role, the company announced Monday.
The coronavirus variant identified in South Africa has reached the US with two cases diagnosed in South Carolina, the state reported. The cases were not related, and neither person had a known history of travel.
New York City is starting to see the logjam on vaccines ease up slightly, Mayor Bill de Blasio said.
New York may have had twice as many coronavirus-related deaths in nursing homes than the official count of more than 8,700 reflects, state Attorney-General Letitia James said.
Germany cast doubt on the effectiveness of AstraZeneca’s shot for the elderly. The European Union is poised to tighten rules on the export of vaccines, risking a major escalation in the global battle to secure access to the life-saving shots. Irish officials said the UK variant isn’t more deadly than other strains.
State suspends admissions to Hadley nursing home amid COVID outbreak
Updated Jan 12, 2021;
HADLEY – A 154-bed nursing home here is barred from accepting new patients following six additional COVID-19 deaths and 92 cases among residents and staff, which resulted in a National Guard deployment to provide essential care and stabilize the situation.
The state reported the additional deaths at Elaine Center nursing home last week, based on data collected as of Jan. 5. This weekly COVID-19 report also showed 100% of the nursing home’s staff being tested in the seven-day period from Dec. 24 to Dec. 31.
The Department of Public Health stopped Elaine Center from accepting new patients on Dec. 30.