Slow recovery from illness may reflect pandemic-related stress: study
By
Alicia Lasek
Dec 07, 2022
The pandemic itself, including related stress, may be contributing to slow recoveries after COVID and non-COVID illnesses alike, investigators say.
Seniors housing is a good recovery story in the making, report says
By
Danielle Brown
May 26, 2022
Despite significant rises in costs and low occupancy rates caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, the seniors housing industry is in line for a healthy recovery, a real estate expert said Wednesday.
More frequent dialysis in skilled nursing facilities shortens recovery time: study
By
Alicia Lasek (f3)
Apr 28, 2022
More frequent, shorter dialysis sessions reduced recovery time to one hour or less in 80% of nursing home residents with end-stage renal disease, a new study has found.
Essential long-term care leadership on display
By
James M. Berklan
Jan 27, 2022
A top long-term care executive candidly displayed the most important traits of great leadership Thursday, and it couldn’t have come at a better time.
Remdesivir spurs faster COVID recovery; does not affect mortality, large new study finds
By
Alicia Lasek
Mar 29, 2021
The inclusion of patients from underrepresented minority groups provides much-needed evidence about the effectiveness of remdesivir in these groups, the authors say.
Lungs heal well after acute COVID-19 — despite long recoveries: study
By
Alicia Lasek
Nov 30, 2020
Comprehensive health assessments performed three months after recovery from COVID-19 are encouraging, investigators say.
One administrator’s road to recovery
By
Ryan Haddock
Dec 15, 2014
Sometimes, all it takes to transform the way we think is a simple change in perspective. For one man, that change came when he was forced to trade his position behind the administrator’s desk for...
Seniors with disabilities less likely to recover from fall injuries: study
By
Ashley Carman
Aug 21, 2013
Seniors who have a hip fracture or another serious fall injury are significantly more likely to recover if they had little or no disabilities before the accident, according to a new study.