AMDA releases COVID-19 vaccine medical exemption request forms, guidance
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Alicia Lasek
Jan 18, 2022
Now that the Supreme Court has ruled in favor of a federal COVID-19 vaccine mandate, a leading industry advocate is offering guidance and templates to assist long-term care medical directors in handling...
COVID-19 doubles seniors’ chances of reduced mobility, physical function: study
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Alicia Lasek
Jan 17, 2022
The results suggest that older patients should be prioritized for rehab interventions with the goal of restoring functional mobility to pre-disease levels, investigators say.
Osteoporosis med ‘holiday’ may come with 18% higher risk of fracture
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Alicia Lasek
Jan 18, 2022
Taking time off from certain bone health drugs is recommended after three to five years, but a hiatus from risedronate is tied to an increased risk of fracture among older adults, a new study finds.
Clinical briefs for Tuesday, Jan. 18
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Alicia Lasek
Jan 18, 2022
CMS sets new vax deadlines for 24 states … Cognitive decline prevention guidelines for primary care published … Wearable badge detects exposure to COVID-19 … Breast cancer rates have declined in...
Nursing home clinicians still overdiagnose UTIs despite antibiotic stewardship efforts: study
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Alicia Lasek
Jan 14, 2022
As a group, primary care providers and RNs misclassified UTIs about one-third of the time, an investigator tells McKnight’s. Nurses had greater odds of an incorrect assessment.
Supplies of groundbreaking COVID-19 pills Paxlovid, molnupiravir remain scarce
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Alicia Lasek
Jan 14, 2022
U.S. clinicians may have to wait longer to receive a steady supply of highly anticipated COVID-19 antiviral pills as they manage the omicron variant surge.
Sotrovimab’s maker seeks okay for drug to be delivered by injection
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Alicia Lasek
Jan 14, 2022
An easier administration method could be a big help to long-term care clinicians. Sotrovimab is currently the only monoclonal antibody treatment shown to be highly effective against the omicron variant.
Clinical briefs for Friday, Jan. 14
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Alicia Lasek
Jan 14, 2022
Supreme Court says yea to CMS vaccine mandate, nay to OSHA’s version … Biden to deploy strike medical teams, allocate more rapid tests and N95 masks as omicron rages … CDC: Mask recommendations...
COVID-19 deaths among nursing home staff near all-time high
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Amy Novotney
Jan 13, 2022
Deaths from COVID-19 among nursing home workers neared an all time high last week, according to a report released Wednesday by the American Health Care Association and National Center for Assisted Living.
LTC residents with prior COVID-19 infection may have big immune advantage, study finds
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Alicia Lasek
Jan 13, 2022
Nursing home residents who have weathered a prior COVID-19 infection are more likely to show robust signs of immunity to SARS-CoV-2 six months after vaccination, a study across five facilities has found.