Geriatrician survey: Swift telehealth adoption was ‘instrumental’ to pandemic patient care
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Alicia Lasek
Mar 18, 2022
Responses by Genesis HealthCare physicians offer insight into the dramatic shift in care delivery that took place as COVID-19 raged in 2020.
CMS: End to pandemic waivers helps nursing homes ‘redirect efforts’ to meet residents’ needs
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Alicia Lasek
Apr 08, 2022
A sweeping phase-out of early COVID-19 pandemic allowances, such as the nurse aide certification waiver, addresses concerns about SNF residents’ physical, mental and psychosocial well-being, the agency...
Pandemic paves way for mobile dentistry, teledentistry in long-term care, experts say
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Alicia Lasek
Apr 12, 2021
Mobile dentistry for people with dementia, teledentistry, and vaccines by dentist are some of the opportunities that have arisen from disruptions to residents’ oral healthcare during the pandemic, according...
Coronavirus rates drop 96% in nursing homes, but some see first-ever cases in new year
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Alicia Lasek
Mar 31, 2021
More than 430 nursing homes saw their first-ever COVID cases in early 2021, evidence that continued infection control measures are needed, and despite phenomenal declines in facility rates, says the U.S....
Urinary test cuts antibiotics use in pneumonia, pharmacists say
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Alicia Lasek
Oct 28, 2021
Urinary antigen tests led to earlier discontinuation of certain antibiotics and shorter acute care stays in patients with pneumonia, a new study finds.
Flu shot disparities in short-stay residents could drop by 60 percent with intervention, investigators...
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Alicia Lasek
Jun 11, 2021
A dramatic racial and ethnic gap exists in influenza vaccination rates among short-stay and long-stay nursing homes residents, a new study has found.
Intervention clears short-stay residents’ rooms of multi-drug resistant organisms
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Alicia Lasek
Jul 23, 2021
A trial in six Michigan nursing homes that included chlorhexidine bathing significantly reduced the prevalence of drug-resistant organisms in the residents’ rooms when compared with control nursing homes,...
Survey: Short-stay residents want more help with meds, clinician connections upon discharge
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Alicia Lasek
Nov 03, 2021
Fully 80% of respondents said they received and understood their discharge instructions. But at least two-thirds would have liked more help with their medication regimen, physician referrals, and other...
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...
Senior living community adds post-COVID ‘rehab hotel’ recovery program
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Alicia Lasek
Apr 12, 2021
A New Jersey-based senior living provider has dedicated rooms in assisted living to care for people who have ongoing medical issues after a bout with COVID-19.