Build vaccine trust, vaccination rates among CNAs: HHS releases guide
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Alicia Lasek
May 25, 2021
A comprehensive new guide and toolkit are aimed at helping nursing home administrators tackle issues of vaccine hesitancy among certified nursing assistants, as well as barriers to vaccination.
Antibiotic overkill leads to widespread side effects such as C. diff, large study finds
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Alicia Lasek
Apr 02, 2023
“We’re talking about hundreds of thousands of adverse events severe enough that these patients needed additional care from a doctor,” an investigator said.
Staff vaccination rate tied to resident deaths in COVID-19 hot spots, national data show
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Alicia Lasek
Dec 10, 2021
Estimates reveal that if a large sample of U.S. nursing homes had averaged 83% staff vaccination coverage this summer, at least 700 fewer residents would have died from COVID-19 over a two-month period.
Monoclonal antibodies cut COVID-19 hospitalizations in high-risk adults: Mayo Clinic
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Alicia Lasek
Jul 22, 2021
Patients treated early in the disease with either one of two antibody therapies had similarly low rates of hospitalization within 28 days.
‘Pragmatic’ heart failure rehab benefits frail seniors, study finds
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Alicia Lasek
May 27, 2021
Physical dysfunction problems often are overlooked in the care of older, frail patients with acute heart failure. But these patients find greater functional and quality of life benefits from early, transitional,...
Study: Severity of injury — not age — predicts survival after brain trauma in seniors
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Alicia Lasek
Apr 20, 2022
The oldest adults tended toward decreased mortality — and a subset of these patients had better-than-expected outcomes after falls and other incidents, investigators found.
Long-term care staff warm up to vaccine with 94 percent increase in willingness
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Alicia Lasek
Mar 24, 2021
The latest surveys show a major shift in LTC staff members’ willingness to receive a coronavirus shot, and that healthcare workers are the most trusted source of vaccine information nationally.
COVID-19 vaccine more effective in nursing home residents with past virus exposure: study
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Alicia Lasek
Jul 16, 2021
Nursing home residents who have had a prior SARS-CoV-2 infection have stronger responses to vaccination than those who have not been exposed to the virus, a real-life investigation finds.
Seniors are absent — but necessary — in COVID-19 vaccine trials, experts say
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Alicia Lasek
Sep 29, 2020
With older adults frequently excluded in COVID-19 clinical trials, investigators are concerned that they will ultimately be denied treatments and vaccines due to safety concerns.
Dementia decline could be slowed by antiseizure meds in some cases, study finds
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Alicia Lasek
Dec 05, 2022
The results revealed profound early decline among dementia patients with active seizures, including worse cognitive and mental health, and daily functioning.