Pandemic’s toll: 15 residents an hour … Increase Vitamin D levels to reduce COVID-19 deaths? … Funeral homes, morgues grapple with rising death totals … Chatbot detects speech changes that...
Mass LTC vaccinations start next week, distributors say; a few states start this week, feds say
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Danielle Brown
Dec 15, 2020
Most nursing homes who opted into the federal COVID-19 vaccine program are likely to receive their first doses starting early next week.
California’s LA County surprise: Pulls long-term care facilities out of federal vaccine program
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Danielle Brown
Dec 15, 2020
Public health officials in California’s Los Angeles County have pulled its long-term care facilities out of the federal COVID-19 vaccination program. The aim is to provide the medication to workers and...
LTC worker deaths doubled, 15 nursing home residents died per hour from COVID-19, Senate report finds
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Danielle Brown
Dec 15, 2020
Two Democratic senators are warning Congress to come together to resolve the COVID-19 crisis in nursing homes after a report found that more than 15 residents died per hour from the disease in November.
Clinical briefs for Tuesday, Dec. 15
Dec 15, 2020
COVID-19 neurologic fallout not restricted to those who are severely ill … Providers scramble to prioritize workers for COVID shots … Gout may increase epilepsy risk … Groups praise bipartisan Alzheimer’s-related...
Also in the News for Tuesday, Dec. 15
Dec 15, 2020
Advocates call for more pandemic aid from state to protect nursing homes … North Dakota expands community-based services for disabled following DOJ settlement … Invesque believes LTC industry ‘forever...
First doses of federally approved COVID-19 vaccine en route to nursing homes
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Danielle Brown
Dec 14, 2020
Nursing home residents and workers may start receiving the first doses of Pfizer-BionNTech’s COVID-19 vaccine as early as today after the vaccine gained key federal approvals over the weekend.
Therapy providers urge Congress to pass new bill that would provide protection from scheduled Medicare...
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Danielle Brown
Dec 14, 2020
Physical, occupational and speech language therapy providers would receive critical relief from the scheduled 9% cut in Medicare payments under newly introduced federal legislation.
Also in the News for Monday, Dec. 14
Dec 14, 2020
CMS proposal seeks to streamline prior authorization, reduce provider burden … Study finds that nursing home workers with multiple jobs create pathways for COVID-19 spread … Healthcare providers, other...
FDA panel recommends emergency use for Pfizer COVID vaccine
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Danielle Brown
Alicia Lasek
Dec 11, 2020
“I think we know enough now to say this [vaccine] appears to be our way out of this awful, awful mess,” one committee member told CNN after the Thursday vote. The vaccine is highly effective, with...