Severe breakthrough cases spiked among seniors after delta appeared: study
By
Alicia Lasek
Dec 07, 2021
The more time that had elapsed since vaccination, the greater the odds of severe reinfection illness for older patients, physicians from Yale University found. The results highlight the need for timely...
Researchers identify key element that will get the most nursing home workers vaccinated
By
Danielle Brown
May 27, 2021
Providers must first establish trust with employees by communicating openly and being transparent with organization policies about vaccination to best boost worker COVID-19 vaccine rates.
CMS to providers: Help us determine your PDPM cuts
By
Danielle Brown
Apr 16, 2021
Providers will have a say in how the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services recalibrates its Patient-Driven Payment Model, agency officials reiterated in a call with skilled nursing operators Thursday...
Nearly half of Alzheimer’s cases are mild, supporting a focus on early intervention
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Alicia Lasek
Jan 14, 2021
The great prevalence of mild disease underscores the need for interventions that may slow decline or prevent progression in dementia, researchers contend.
Watchdog gives CMS ‘urgent’ order: Create solid plan to act on nursing home commission’s...
By
Danielle Brown
Dec 03, 2020
A new government report is calling on the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to “quickly” develop a course of action on how it plans to respond and implement recommendations made by a federal...
Clinicians key to boosting coronavirus vaccine confidence, CDC says
By
Alicia Lasek
Dec 02, 2020
A new webpage provides 10 “need to know” topics regarding vaccination against COVID-19 that clinicians can relay to patients in their care.
Judge: Deaf resident can sue operator
By
Amy Novotney
Jun 08, 2018
A former nursing home resident who is deaf can pursue a discrimination case against the facility where she lived for more than two years because staff ignored her repeated requests for a sign language...
66 percent of nursing home residents given antibiotics during stays, researchers report
By
Alicia Lasek
Apr 09, 2023
Results from a long-term study of Medicare Part D data shed light on antibiotic prescribing prevalence, the most common drug types and rate of therapy days for U.S. nursing home residents.
Symptomless COVID infections found in almost half of US adults, CDC says
By
Alicia Lasek
Dec 05, 2022
Approximately 44% of US adults were “possibly asymptomatically infected,” between August 2021 and May 2022, blood serum evidence shows.
Study: Some 56% of people don’t know they are contagious, omicron study finds
By
Alicia Lasek
Aug 19, 2022
This lack of awareness about asymptomatic infections likely had a role in rapid transmission during the omicron wave, investigators say.