About 2,000 nursing homes in regions where COVID-19 case counts are high will be the first to receive on-site diagnostic testing equipment from the federal government.
“No matter how you slice this, this is good news,” said Anthony Fauci, M.D., the U.S. government’s top infectious disease expert.
Adults who maintain high cognitive performance into late age appear to defy the brain’s normal aging processes and escape neurodegeneration, say researchers.
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Additional help is needed to keep residents and staff safe as COVID-19 numbers spike and operators simultaneously move to reopen facilities, the industry advocate says.
The CDC’s updated guidelines “allow for modifications that can improve communication success for everyone,” says the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association.
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Thousands of nursing homes across the country will be given “point of care” COVID-19 tests by the administration starting next week, officials announced Tuesday.
A review of COVID-19’s effects on human organs shows that a substantial proportion of patients suffer kidney, heart, and brain damage.
Apathy is a distinct sign of looming dementia in individuals at risk, say researchers. Monitoring patients for this symptom could catch the problem early on, they argue.
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