For people with dementia, depression rose as activity levels fell during pandemic: study
By
Alicia Lasek
May 14, 2023
The study is the first to show that having dementia and reduced activity independently affected the risk of depression and anxiety during the pandemic, investigators say.
Telehealth follow-ups tied to increased ED visits, hospitalizations, study finds
By
Diane Eastabrook
Oct 28, 2022
Patients who followed up an emergency department visit via telehealth were more likely to return to the hospital than those who had face-to-face follow-ups.
CDC director calls for agency’s overhaul, citing pandemic performance
By
Alicia Lasek
Aug 17, 2022
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention will reorganize, with a new, action-oriented culture that better serves public health, Director Rochelle Walensky told her staff Wednesday.
In advance of possible flu surge, vaccination for seniors may cut use of antibiotics
By
Alicia Lasek
Nov 01, 2022
Increasing influenza vaccination coverage appears to reduce prescribing for certain classes of antibiotics in seniors, researchers from Kaiser Permanente and Harvard report.
Deadly Legionnaires’ outbreak at nursing home puts disease back in spotlight
By
Joe Bush
Sep 16, 2022
Four deaths this summer at a Manhattan nursing home have put Legionnaire’s disease in the spotlight again.
CDC: Seniors’ comparative rate of hospitalization spiked during omicron wave
By
Alicia Lasek
Aug 26, 2022
Rates of hospitalization among seniors rose higher in comparison to younger adults during the BA.2 wave, with vaccinations providing less protection, new data show.
Tickets on sale for McKnight’s Women of Distinction banquet
By
James M. Berklan
Feb 16, 2024
The public is invited to celebrate top women leaders in long-term care, senior living and home care at the 2024 McKnight’s Women of Distinction banquet and forum May 14. Reservations to the celebration...
Nursing center’s program ensures every resident will get ‘adopted’ — and a visit from Santa
By
Josh Henreckson
Nov 29, 2023
When some residents had no gifts to unwrap one Christmas morning, the staff of Princeton Health Care Center decided to do something about it.
CDC: Without boosters, adults have ‘little remaining protection’ against COVID-19 hospitalization
By
Alicia Lasek
Jun 06, 2023
U.S. adults who have received only the original, monovalent vaccine doses are likely at a disadvantage when it comes to protection against hospitalization, investigators have found.
Study: Long COVID fuels increase in post-acute healthcare encounters
By
Alicia Lasek
Oct 19, 2022
Increased healthcare use, including long-term care stays, begins two months after a patient tests positive for SARS-CoV-2, data analysis shows.