COVID mortality for assisted living residents merits attention, new data suggest
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Alicia Lasek
Jun 15, 2021
Assisted living residents had 17% higher rates of overall mortality in 2020 compared with the year prior, CMS data show. That’s in line with the experience of nursing homes, and is likely an underestimate,...
Nursing home COVID deaths level off, likely due to visits, unvaccinated staff, AARP reports
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Alicia Lasek
Jun 14, 2021
The virus remains a threat, with more than 10,000 residents and staff members contracting the disease and 800 dying from it each month in federally certified facilities, according to a new analysis of...
COVID may indeed be seasonal; rates likely to rise as temperature, mitigation measures fall
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Alicia Lasek
Jun 10, 2021
Temperature and population density determine how easily the virus spreads — but only when localities have no mobility restrictions in place, a new study shows.
Large VA study reveals ease of COVID-19 transmission among unvaccinated healthcare staff
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Alicia Lasek
Jun 07, 2021
Investigators found nearly 20 times the rate of COVID-19 infection in unvaccinated healthcare staff, plus signs that transmission clusters were linked to those workers.
Clinical briefs for Thursday, June 3
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Alicia Lasek
Jun 03, 2021
Nursing homes’ smaller but continued COVID outbreaks blamed on unvaccinated staff, report finds … U.S. to test mixed COVID vaccine booster dose schedules in vaccinated adults … WHO plans to simplify...
Nursing home residents face prolonged course of COVID, facility study finds
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Alicia Lasek
Jun 02, 2021
Residents who develop COVID-19 may face weeks of illness, no matter how mild or severe their symptoms, according to geriatricians from Indiana University and the Regenstrief Institute, Indianapolis.
CMS: Lower COVID rates linked to higher nursing home quality ratings
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Alicia Lasek
Jun 02, 2021
Higher facility star ratings are tied to lower COVID transmission rates and fewer deaths, according to the agency’s chief medical officer and director of its Center for Clinical Standards and Quality.
Clinical briefs for Thursday, May 27
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Alicia Lasek
May 27, 2021
Hawaii’s LTC facilities beat mainland trends with 84% staff vaccination rate … Texas governor signs bill that publicizes nursing home and assisted living disease outbreak data… COVID vaccine increases...
In breakthrough, feds OK nursing home visits, group dining and activities; update infection control guidance
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Alicia Lasek
Apr 28, 2021
After nearly a year in lockdown, nursing home residents can participate in indoor visitation, communal dining and group activities — with exceptions, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced...
Unvaccinated residents had triple rate of COVID in Kentucky nursing home’s March outbreak: CDC
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Alicia Lasek
Apr 22, 2021
Vaccinated nursing home residents and staff members appeared to have a distinct advantage during a recent COVID-19 outbreak, agency investigators found.