New NIH network to recruit thousands for late-stage COVID-19 vaccine trials
By
Alicia Lasek
Jul 09, 2020
A nationwide clinical trial network will test promising COVID-19 vaccines and antibodies. There are five possible vaccine candidates.
Nurses offered more wellness resources
By
Amy Novotney
Jul 08, 2020
In response to the growing burden of stress on the nation’s nurses during the pandemic, the American Nurses Foundation, the philanthropic arm of the American Nurses Association, has released several...
Meet Wendy Nowokunski, Hall of Honor inductee
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Lois A. Bowers
Jul 08, 2020
Wendy Nowokunski’s more than two decades of senior living experience include leadership roles at Benchmark Senior Living and Newton Senior Living before she co-founded Burlington, MA-based Northbridge...
How to retrofit resident rooms into isolation rooms at long-term care facilities
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Tom Kennedy
Jul 07, 2020
The latest government data counts 26,000 COVID-19 deaths in long-term care facilities. That’s a staggering 25% of the total COVID-19 deaths in the U.S. Facility managers are working hard to stop the...
SNF occupancy at its lowest level since 2012 due to virus
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Danielle Brown
Jul 07, 2020
Skilled nursing occupancy levels dropped 132 basis points to 83.4% during the month of March as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic — the lowest since 2012, according to data released by the National Investment...
How to do it … Hiring in the COVID-19 era
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John Hall
Jul 02, 2020
Because of bountiful job openings and bustling economies, candidates sometimes have skipped the conventions of courtesy while racing toward the best offers. With COVID-19, ghosting is rising even faster...
Also in the News for Monday, June 29
Jun 29, 2020
Medicaid recipients can’t be charged for PPE, state warns … NIC survey details COVID-19’s impact across senior living, long-term care … Lawmakers ask state attorney generals to investigate nursing...
The Forgotten Generation
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Julie Thorson
Jun 24, 2020
Heartbreaking decisions, no easy answers, the best of the worst, and lost hope. Welcome to the spectrum of emotions that now fills our days in long-term care
Coronavirus vaccines must take elders’ weaker immune systems into account: report
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Alicia Lasek
Jun 23, 2020
Residents’ weaker immune systems could dilute the effectiveness of future coronavirus vaccines. Solutions are in the works, finds a new report.
BREAKING NEWS: New federal nursing home commission members named
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James M. Berklan
Jun 19, 2020
Top leaders in the long-term care industry lead the names announced Friday as members of the White House’s new Coronavirus Commission for Safety and Quality in Nursing Homes.