SNF-linked wound clinics saw fewer patients during pandemic but unchanged outcomes
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Alicia Lasek
Nov 10, 2021
Investigators expected that wound outcomes would be adversely affected by pandemic disruptions. But data from hundreds of wound care clinics in the United States show otherwise.
Free LTC infection prevention tool from Yale aims to help nursing home staff save time
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Alicia Lasek
Nov 09, 2021
A one-stop set of infection prevention resources is meant to make work a bit easier for direct care providers, administrators, managers and support staff, say the Yale School of Nursing and the New York...
At-home COVID-19 tests get a $70M boost as feds push to increase access
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Alicia Lasek
Oct 27, 2021
The Biden Administration is streamlining the process to bring new tests to market among other moves designed to increase testing supplies and access.
SNF staffing shortages may get ‘much worse’
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Danielle Brown
Oct 25, 2021
Nursing homes and other residential care facilities have already lost about 380,000 workers since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic in February 2020, and the shortages are expected to get even worse,...
How a long-term care operator used immigrant program to overcome chronic staff shortages
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Danielle Brown
Oct 18, 2021
Instead of waiting for solutions from state and federal health officials, a Chicago long-term care provider has taken its staffing shortage crisis into its own hands by reaching overseas for help.
FDA panel recommends second J&J coronavirus vaccine dose for adult recipients
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Alicia Lasek
Oct 18, 2021
Independent experts have unanimously agreed that a full second dose of the drugmaker’s COVID-19 vaccine be offered to adults aged 18 years and older at least two months after receipt of the first...
New CDC effort to bring clarity to COVID-19’s impact in long-term care facilities
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Danielle Brown
Oct 13, 2021
The Centers for Disease Control & Prevention is launching a new effort aimed at using data to better recognize and understand public health threats and their impact on long-term care facilities.
Coordinator turnover threatens to cut into reimbursement: survey
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Danielle Brown
Oct 08, 2021
Nurse assessment coordinators could start leaving long-term care facilities in waves and the resulting shortages would leave nursing homes struggling to capture full reimbursement, new research suggests.
Clinical briefs for Wednesday, Oct. 6
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Alicia Lasek
Oct 06, 2021
Older adults less likely to recover smell, taste after COVID illness than their under-40 peers … CDC: Reduce citations with these antibiotic stewardship tools … Unvaccinated student nurses face disenrollment...
FDA may authorize half-dose booster of Moderna’s coronavirus vaccine
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Alicia Lasek
Sep 30, 2021
A 50-microgram dose appears to be effective enough to increase waning vaccine protection, and may reduce the risk of side effects, sources tell investigators.