‘Game-changing’: Senior living giant Good Sam mandates employee COVID-19 vaccination
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jul 26, 2021
In an email to employees on Thursday, Bill Gassen, president and CEO of Good Sam parent company Sanford Health, said that requiring Good Sam and other Sanford employees to get a “game-changing vaccine”...
Clinical briefs for Monday, July 26
By
Alicia Lasek
Jul 26, 2021
U.S. purchase of 200M more Pfizer vaccine doses may foreshadow booster shot needs: report … Pandemic prostate cancer surgery disparities are a surprise to investigators … Scientists reverse age-related...
Unvaccinated nursing home staff in the hot seat as CDC investigates COVID-19 breakthrough cases
By
Kimberly Marselas
Jul 23, 2021
Several Colorado senior care facilities are at the center of a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention COVID-19 investigation, and public health officials there are zeroing in on unvaccinated staff...
Meet Jaime Brady, Rising Star honoree
By
Chloe Konrad
Jul 23, 2021
Jaime Brady possesses the rare ability to look back on her childhood and know she is where she is meant to be.
Now here’s how to get hooked on having a good time
By
James M. Berklan
Jul 22, 2021
You have to hand it to the caregivers at Pinnacle Health and Rehab in Canton and Rumford Community Home, both in Maine: They know how to hold a coming-out party.
As senior care grapples with outbreaks, APIC urges states to strengthen vaccine outreach
By
Liza Berger
Jul 19, 2021
A major infection control organization is calling on states to expand the dissemination of evidence-based COVID-19 vaccine information. This as various senior care organizations report new coronavirus...
Meet Juliet Holt Klinger, Veteran VIP honoree
By
Emma Baumgartel
Jul 16, 2021
Juliet Holt Klinger, senior director, Dementia Care Program, Brookdale Senior Living, Chicago, IL is in the 2021 class of the McKnight’s Women of Distinction as a Veteran VIP.
Early dementia risk disclosure encourages help from family members
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Alicia Lasek
Jul 16, 2021
Family members of older adults value early dementia risk information provided by clinicians, a new study finds. When interviewed about their post-disclosure reactions, some said the knowledge prompted...
Meet Terri Cunliffe, Hall of Honor inductee
By
Chloe Konrad
Jul 15, 2021
Terri Cunliffe has held various positions across the country in long-term care — all for the same company.
Meet Amanda Elliot, Rising Star honoree
By
Chloe Konrad
Jul 14, 2021
While in college, Amanda Elliot completed an internship on the Hawaiian islands at a Life Care Services community. Although some might have become hooked on the location, Elliot got attached to the job.