Coronavirus session featured today in McKnight’s Online Expo … COVID-19 and senior care will be topic of March 25 webinar … Presence of pets may protect against suicide in seniors … Fecal microbiota...
Nursing home occupancy rose slightly in 4Q, NIC says
By
Danielle Brown
Mar 19, 2020
The percentage of filled beds in skilled nursing facilities continued its path toward stabilization, according to new data released Wednesday by the National Center for Seniors Housing & Care (NIC).
Communication services become essential with meetings canceled, telework encouraged
By
Kimberly Marselas
Mar 18, 2020
Several companies with employee communication and hiring platforms have expanded their services or made them free as healthcare providers promote telework for nonessential staff and reduce face-to-face...
Clinical Briefs for Wednesday, March 18
By
Alicia Lasek
Mar 17, 2020
CMS expands telehealth Medicare coverage to nursing home beneficiaries as COVID-19 strategy … CMS waives three-day stay requirement, MDS deadlines …Vitamin D boosts chances of walking after hip fracture...
Clinical Briefs for Tuesday, March 17
By
Alicia Lasek
Mar 16, 2020
COVID-19 vaccine trial begins in Seattle: NIH … CDC posts guideline for COVID-19 single upper respiratory swabs … Coronavirus antibody treatment strategy could be only weeks away, docs say
Clinical Briefs for Monday, March 16
By
Alicia Lasek
Mar 14, 2020
At-risk staff offered a place to stay at Affinity facilities during COVID-19 outbreak … Study details the first known US person-to-person coronavirus transmission … Senators to introduce bill addressing...
Clinical Briefs for Friday, March 13
By
Alicia Lasek
Mar 13, 2020
Surgery with anesthesia not linked to Alzheimer’s, study finds … Guidance released for dialysis facilities during COVID-19 outbreak … New book details roadmap to prevent and treat Parkinson’s...
‘Imperative’ that seniors get more access to their electronic health records, researchers assert
By
Danielle Brown
Mar 13, 2020
Investigators are calling on healthcare providers to give seniors an “equal opportunity” to use and access their electronic health records after a study found that elders used the technology often.
Televisit: Tips for communicating with loved ones from afar
By
Renee Kinder
Mar 12, 2020
I have seen recommendations that families have been advised to communicate via phone, FaceTime, Skype, and other various modes of communication. But are residents prepared to do this?
Clinical Briefs for Thursday, March 12
By
Alicia Lasek
Mar 11, 2020
Operator ‘strongly’ encourages COVID-19 testing after one resident dies, another tests positive at Seattle senior living community … Encourage elders to access their EHR data, researchers urge …...