EU flags severe allergic reactions to Novavax’s COVID vaccine
Jul 15, 2022
Severe allergic reactions are a new potential side effect of Novavax’s COVID-19 vaccine, the European Medicines Agency reported Thursday.
Skilled nursing facility guidance part of Arizona’s revised crisis care plan
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Alicia Lasek
May 27, 2021
The revisions include guidance on honoring care and treatment preferences in federal skilled nursing facilities. The changes follow a complaint against the state brought by national and local disability...
California nursing home visitors must show proof of COVID-19 vaccination
By
Alicia Lasek
Aug 12, 2021
The state is requiring that all indoor visitors to skilled nursing facilities and other healthcare settings prove full vaccination or negative SARS-CoV-2 test results. Facility operators must have a plan...
Q&A: Clinical best practices when gauging residents’ end-of-life preferences — a POLST expert weighs...
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Alicia Lasek
Apr 29, 2021
There’s a clear need to improve the quality of Physician’s Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment, or POLST, in nursing homes, says Susan E. Hickman, Ph.D. An expert on the subject, she spoke with...
New law requires dementia-specific training for assisted living staff
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Amy Novotney
Jun 17, 2022
Colorado lawmakers have passed legislation mandating dementia-specific training for professional caregivers in certain long-term care settings.
All nursing home staff in Massachusetts must get COVID-19 shots
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Alicia Lasek
Aug 05, 2021
The state is requiring staff and contract employees in all of its 378 facilities to receive a vaccination, Gov. Charlie Baker announced Wednesday.
Small building proponents embrace Biden’s nursing home overhaul plan
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Alicia Lasek
Mar 07, 2022
The proposed phase-out of multiple-occupancy rooms is crucial to helping prevent uncontrolled infectious disease outbreaks, the Green House Project says.
LTC docs urge peers to rapidly increase use of COVID-19 antibody drugs
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Alicia Lasek
Nov 03, 2021
Industry geriatricians have compiled resources for their LTC peers who have not yet come on board with monoclonal antibody treatments. Resident immunity to COVID-19 is declining, and mAbs may prevent hospital...
Arthritis drug Actemra in short supply as demand for use in COVID ramps up
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Alicia Lasek
Aug 18, 2021
Demand for Actemra IV has skyrocketed due to the latest wave of COVID-19 infections and hospitalizations, drugmaker Genentech says. In the past two weeks alone, orders for the drug shot up to 400% of pre-COVID...
How to better diagnose cognitive health? Up size and variety of drawing tasks, study shows
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Alicia Lasek (f3)
Jul 01, 2022
Clinicians can more accurately classify a patient’s cognitive health status by increasing the number and variety of diagnostic drawing tasks, investigators report.