CDC no longer recommends COVID test-based return-to-work strategy in most cases
By
Lois A. Bowers
Aug 14, 2020
A COVID test-based return-to-work strategy no longer is recommended for healthcare professionals in most cases under updated criteria released this week by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Use of nonpharmacologic program for residents with dementia associated with fewer meds, falls
By
Lois A. Bowers
Aug 14, 2020
Use of the nonpharmacologic Music and Memory program was associated with reductions in psychotropic medications, reduced behaviors, improved mood, less pain and fewer falls in nursing home residents with...
Clinical briefs for Friday, Aug. 14
Aug 14, 2020
Assisted living prevalence makes Florida attractive for CDC’s COVID vaccine pilot program … National Institute on Aging grant aims to create roadmap for COVID-19 trials in nursing homes … PHI suggests...
Researchers find coronavirus in air 16 feet from ill patient
By
Lois A. Bowers
Aug 13, 2020
Researchers from the University of Florida say they have proven that floating respiratory droplets contain live coronavirus.
CDC: Residents undergoing dialysis may face higher COVID-19 risks
By
Lois A. Bowers
Aug 13, 2020
Nursing home residents undergoing dialysis might be at a higher risk for infection by SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, because of exposures to staff members and community dialysis patients,...
Clinical briefs for Thursday, Aug. 13
Aug 13, 2020
More than 900 healthcare workers have died of COVID-19; most are people of color … Stay-at-home orders are significantly associated with reduced spread of COVID-19, study finds … Aging memories...
Meet Beth Burnham Mace, Hall of Honor inductee
By
Lois A. Bowers
Jul 22, 2020
Over the past two decades, Beth Burnham Mace’s work has helped turn the senior housing and care sector into a mainstream institutional investment asset class by increasing transparency to a wide range...
Meet Katie Potter, Hall of Honor inductee
By
Lois A. Bowers
Jul 16, 2020
Katherine “Katie” Potter has played sports for as long as she can remember and carries the lessons learned from that involvement — the power of teamwork, physical activity and healthy competition...
Women of Distinction 2020: JoAnne Reifsnyder
Jul 13, 2020
2020 McKnight’s Women of Distinction Hall of Honor inductee JoAnne Reifsnyder, executive vice president, clinical operations, and chief nursing officer, Genesis HealthCare, Kennett Square, PA, shares...
Meet Vassar Byrd, Hall of Honor inductee
By
Lois A. Bowers
Jul 09, 2020
Vassar Byrd didn’t start her professional life in senior living. Holding a master’s degree in economics from the London School of Economics, she first spent more than 10 years as an economist for the...