Nursing Facilities

As COVID-19 vaccines rolled out for residents in long-term care, almost 300 of Colorado’s facilities were contending with active outbreaks involving more than 9,000 infections.

As coronavirus cases across Colorado rose dramatically in recent weeks, so did deaths in nursing homes. Of the 624 confirmed fatalities in nursing homes since the pandemic first hit the state in March, about a fifth were in facilities that have active outbreaks, according to state data analyzed by KUNC.

Residents of the Estes Park Health Living Center in Fort Collins nursing home may be displaced due to what the operating company calls insurmountable financial losses during the COVID-19 pandemic.

The Americans with Disabilities Act is now 30 years old. Among its many provisions, the ADA prevents employment discrimination and provides support services like interpreters. But advocates say more work needs to be done to fulfill the law’s promise of independent living, especially in rural areas.

Nursing homes banned all visitors and nonessential workers from their facilities in mid-March to stop the spread of COVID-19. Advocates and families want that ban to end.

Nancy Miller misses going on walks with her older sister Diane Henderson. Henderson is 82 and has Alzheimer's disease and dementia."I went a lot to visit…

Could a simple lack of personal protective equipment, including proper masks, gowns and gloves, have increased the COVID-19 death toll at nursing homes…

Of all the COVID-19 deaths in Colorado, 137 so far were residents at nursing homes and other residential care facilities. Another 39 probably died from…

Public health officials are expected to roll out detailed information this week about COVID-19 cases and deaths at nursing homes and other facilities that…