AMDA’s new COVID vaccine PowerPoint can help answer resident, staff concerns
By
Alicia Lasek
Dec 09, 2020
A toolkit created by industry clinicians aims to help long-term care operators address questions about getting vaccinated. A PowerPoint presentation is available to share with staff and residents.
Pharmacies to long-term care: Get in front of COVID-19 vaccination questions
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Alicia Lasek
Dec 07, 2020
With vaccine approval anticipated shortly, the best communicators will have the smoothest Phase 1 vaccination process, say Omnicare and PharMerica. Community pharmacies have recommendations as well.
The dissent: CDC adviser fears loss of vaccine confidence
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Alicia Lasek
Dec 07, 2020
Although the first COVID-19 vaccines may be safe, symptoms or death from unrelated causes in the vulnerable LTC population may be incorrectly associated with immunization, one adviser says.
Genesis reportedly won’t mandate COVID-19 vaccinations for workers
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Danielle Brown
Dec 07, 2020
The largest nursing home operator in the United States plans to ensure all workers have access to COVID-19 vaccines at its facilities, but it will not require them to take them, according to a recent report...
Sole dissenter against vaccine recommendation for LTC residents cites lack of data as reason for vote
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Danielle Brown
Dec 07, 2020
The lack of efficacy data in long-term care residents and older adults in COVID-19 vaccine studies was the key reason why a member of a federal advisory panel voted against a recommendation to prioritize...
Clinicians key to boosting coronavirus vaccine confidence, CDC says
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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.
‘An important step in the right direction’: CDC panel votes LTC residents, workers to the head of...
By
Danielle Brown
Dec 02, 2020
A federal advisory panel’s overwhelming vote to give long-term care residents and healthcare workers first access to COVID-19 vaccines is an “important step in the right direction,” industry stakeholders...
BREAKING: CDC panel formally gives LTC residents, workers top priority for COVID-19 vaccine
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Danielle Brown
Dec 01, 2020
The immunization advisory panel for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention overwhelmingly affirmed on Tuesday that long-term care residents and healthcare workers will be given first access to...
States urged to prioritize long-term care for COVID-19 vaccinations
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Alicia Lasek
Dec 01, 2020
Just weeks before an expected vaccine rollout, and with final allocation decisions in states’ hands, industry advocates are urging governors to ensure long-term care residents and staff are among...
HHS chief: Nursing homes could begin receiving COVID-19 vaccines by mid-December
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Alicia Lasek
Nov 25, 2020
The rollout could begin 24 hours after Pfizer’s drug is vetted on Dec. 10, HHS Secretary Alex Azar said Tuesday. CVS Health expects to bring the shots to nursing homes within 48 hours of FDA authorization,...