State’s LTC facilities reminded not to refuse admission to COVID-positive residents … New USPSTF guidance: Clinicians should provide individualized dietary counseling … Allegations of fabricated...
Benefits vs. risk: LTC residents have higher odds of adverse vaccine effects
By
Alicia Lasek
Jul 22, 2022
Residents had a relatively high risk of post-vaccination events such as fever after a third COVID-19 vaccine dose, a new study finds.
Repeat booster jabs for residents? COVID-19 immunity in nursing homes wanes quickly, large study shows
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Alicia Lasek
Mar 21, 2022
Results from hundreds of facilities demonstrate not only the value of booster vaccinations, but that there may be an ongoing need for additional shots in the long-term care population.
LTC residents on ventilators do not contract COVID-19, pre-vaccine study finds
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Alicia Lasek
Oct 05, 2021
In an unusual study across three nursing homes early in the pandemic, no COVID-19-related case clusters or deaths could be found among residents who were chronically on ventilators.
CMS program had unintended outcome for Black residents with dementia, study suggests
By
Alicia Lasek
Oct 01, 2021
The rate of schizophrenia diagnoses rose significantly for Black nursing home residents with dementia after the CMS National Partnership to Improve Dementia Care launched in 2012, a new analysis finds.
Clinical briefs for Monday, May 10
By
Alicia Lasek
May 10, 2021
COVID vaccination reduces infection in healthcare workers, new studies show … An inside look at one state’s push to keep at least 90% of LTC residents vaccinated … Aerosol-generating procedures unlikely...
Updated guidance includes CDC recommending 14-day quarantine for facility residents who go off-site for...
By
Danielle Brown
Apr 05, 2021
Nursing homes are being encouraged to quarantine residents who leave the facility for more than 24 hours under updated guidance released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Coronavirus rates drop 96% in nursing homes, but some see first-ever cases in new year
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Alicia Lasek
Mar 31, 2021
More than 430 nursing homes saw their first-ever COVID cases in early 2021, evidence that continued infection control measures are needed, and despite phenomenal declines in facility rates, says the U.S....
Race and location — not star ratings — tied to COVID-19 deaths, say investigators
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Alicia Lasek
Jun 02, 2020
Urban location, greater percentage of African American residents, and larger facility size are some of the factors linked to the likelihood of COVID‐19 infections in eldercare facilities.
About 30% of senior living communities report no COVID-19 cases: survey
By
Alicia Lasek
May 30, 2020
Three in ten Ziegler survey respondents report no cases, and most say 2% or fewer residents and staff have tested positive. Meanwhile, four in ten say they’re easing lockdown restrictions.