CDC: Without boosters, adults have ‘little remaining protection’ against COVID-19 hospitalization
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Alicia Lasek
Jun 06, 2023
U.S. adults who have received only the original, monovalent vaccine doses are likely at a disadvantage when it comes to protection against hospitalization, investigators have found.
Study: Long COVID fuels increase in post-acute healthcare encounters
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Alicia Lasek
Oct 19, 2022
Increased healthcare use, including long-term care stays, begins two months after a patient tests positive for SARS-CoV-2, data analysis shows.
In breakthrough, feds OK nursing home visits, group dining and activities; update infection control guidance
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Alicia Lasek
Apr 28, 2021
After nearly a year in lockdown, nursing home residents can participate in indoor visitation, communal dining and group activities — with exceptions, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced...
Older adults’ mental health is resilient during pandemic, new study finds
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Alicia Lasek
Jan 14, 2021
Older adults say that they are no worse off on some indicators of loneliness and overall mental health than they were five years ago, though general happiness has declined. Technology has been a coping...
Most ‘long COVID’ symptoms resolve within a year, national study finds
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Alicia Lasek
Jan 13, 2023
Patients who recover from mild COVID-19 are at risk for health issues tied to long COVID. Most of these problems resolve with a year — at least for those aged 60 and younger, a new study has found.
Q&A: Helping your residents ‘learn like a child’
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Alicia Lasek
Sep 17, 2019
Dr. Rachel Wu says learning brand new skills is crucial to cognitive health as we age. Here, she explains how and why we should ‘learn like a child.’
Virtual EMR review may improve care delivery during resident transfers, nurses say
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Alicia Lasek
Jun 21, 2023
With the correct supports in place, virtual review of transferred residents’ electronic medical records may help nursing home clinicians deliver continuity of care and effective interventions, LTC nurses...
New data: With no booster, nursing home residents face 30 percent higher COVID risk
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Alicia Lasek
Jan 29, 2023
Nursing home residents who have received the COVID-19 bivalent booster shot are 30% to 50% less likely to become infected with SARS-CoV-2 than their fellow residents who haven’t gotten boosted, the...
Nursing home providers help to design, refine facility IP program
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Alicia Lasek
Apr 26, 2023
In partnership with providers, an infection control peer coaching program has been updated to improve its utility amid competing facility priorities and staffing shortages.
COVID shot boosters for all adults will help to reduce confusion, FDA says
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Alicia Lasek
Nov 22, 2021
The FDA “heard loud and clear” that a simpler booster strategy was needed, its vaccine chief says. But the action may be too late to head off a winter virus surge, observers say.