Tag: colorado health care association
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Nursing homes go dark as more utilities cut power to prevent wildfires
When powerful wind gusts created threatening wildfire conditions one day near Boulder, Colorado’s largest utility cut power to 52,000 homes and businesses — including Frasier, an assisted living and skilled nursing facility. It was the first time Xcel Energy preemptively switched off electricity in Colorado as a wildfire prevention tool, according to a company official.…
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Long-term care facilities express concern over ‘vaccine hesitancy’ among staff
Colorado’s long-term care facility administrators are concerned about the alarming number of their staff who are refusing the coronavirus vaccine, reigniting a debate over whether workers can be required to get the shot. There are no official statistics kept by federal or state agencies, but anecdotal numbers from the state’s largest health care trade organization,…
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Colorado long-term care facilities express concern over ‘vaccine hesitancy’ among staff
Colorado’s long-term care facility administrators are concerned about the alarming number of their staff who are refusing the coronavirus vaccine, reigniting a debate over whether workers can be required to get the shot. There are no official statistics kept by federal or state agencies, but anecdotal numbers from the state’s largest health care trade organization,…