Two years into pandemic, we’re better prepared to fight off virus variants
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Alicia Lasek
Dec 02, 2021
Despite the threat of the quickly spreading and highly mutated omicron coronavirus variant — which has just landed in the U.S. — we are safer than we were before the pandemic, some experts say.
FDA approves new drug Leqembi to treat early Alzheimer’s disease
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Alicia Lasek
Jan 09, 2023
The newly approved drug Leqembi (lecanemab) may slow progression of cognitive decline due to Alzheimer’s disease, trial data show. CMS says it may rethink Medicare coverage of drugs in Leqembi’s...
‘Exceedingly difficult’ to control COVID inside facilities when virus rages outside, LTC experts...
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Alicia Lasek
Sep 22, 2021
Long-term care operators located in areas of high COVID-19 prevalence are hamstrung when it comes to keeping SARS-CoV-2 infections from infiltrating their facilities, the country’s top long-term care...
FDA approves first drug to slow Alzheimer’s in controversial decision
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Alicia Lasek
Jun 07, 2021
The evidence convincingly shows that aducanumab (Aduhelm) removes beta amyloid — a hallmark of Alzheimer’s — from the brain, slowing the disease’s progression and giving patients and families much-needed...
Q&A: Maryland SNF joins ‘transformative’ palliative care study
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Alicia Lasek
Nov 07, 2022
Meadow Park in Catonsville, MD, will receive a $15,000 grant and gain the support of study partners in a palliative care program that it says will help change how the long-term care industry provides advanced...
Despite outsider-driven COVID outbreaks, providers face continued demand for risky visits
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Kimberly Marselas
Alicia Lasek
Jan 07, 2022
Multiple providers have said that they are irritated that attempts to strengthen infection control measures are sometimes being undermined by facility visitors. “Nursing homes must be allowed to...
Simulation training only a ‘partial solution’ for nursing shortage, LTC nurse leader says
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Alicia Lasek
May 19, 2023
Nursing students in New York state will now be able to complete up to one-third of their clinical training through simulation experiences. But more investment will be needed to build back the workforce,...
AHCA offers ‘wake-up call’ on bed and facility counts: 446,000 residents may be displaced
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Alicia Lasek
Aug 24, 2023
A new report paints a troublesome picture of the US nursing home sector at mid-year, with new facility openings at a standstill, even with the number of beds rapidly declining.