RSV rivals flu in hospitalizations of the elderly: study … Pandemic impedes older physicians’ return to treating Medicare patients, data show … AMDA publishes new Parkinson’s disease and psychosis...
CDC data reveal drug types most linked to emergency department visits among seniors
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Alicia Lasek
Oct 06, 2021
Emergency department visits for medication harm to older adults most frequently involve prescribed anticoagulants and diabetes drugs, according to a new federal study.
LeadingAge releases booster shot toolkit for senior living, home care settings
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Alicia Lasek
Oct 06, 2021
The kit provides links to sources of support for on-site booster clinic set-up and guidance for administrators who must encourage off-site vaccine access.
HHS: Vaccines linked to 5,600 fewer coronavirus deaths among nursing home residents
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Alicia Lasek
Oct 06, 2021
The COVID-19 vaccine rollout has resulted in hundreds of thousands of saved lives and fewer hospitalizations among Medicare beneficiaries overall, according to new data from January through May.
Clinical briefs for Wednesday, Oct. 6
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Alicia Lasek
Oct 06, 2021
Older adults less likely to recover smell, taste after COVID illness than their under-40 peers … CDC: Reduce citations with these antibiotic stewardship tools … Unvaccinated student nurses face disenrollment...
RSV shot prevents pneumonia with 80 percent efficacy in older adults, J&J says
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Alicia Lasek
Oct 05, 2021
A vaccine candidate developed to protect vulnerable adults against the common respiratory syncytial virus has shown 80% efficacy in reducing the risk of dangerous lower respiratory tract diseases such...
States’ vaccination rate gaps suggest thousands of unnecessary deaths among seniors, analysts find
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Alicia Lasek
Oct 05, 2021
There would have been 62% fewer COVID-19 deaths than actually occurred in the past 3 months if states with the lowest vaccination rates had matched those with the highest rates, the Kaiser Family Foundation...
LTC residents on ventilators do not contract COVID-19, pre-vaccine study finds
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Alicia Lasek
Oct 05, 2021
In an unusual study across three nursing homes early in the pandemic, no COVID-19-related case clusters or deaths could be found among residents who were chronically on ventilators.
Clinical briefs for Tuesday, Oct. 5
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Alicia Lasek
Oct 05, 2021
J&J plans to ask feds to authorize its coronavirus booster shot … FDA chief discusses Pfizer vaccine booster doses in YouTube video … Very low amounts of airborne COVID-19 viral RNA found in long-term...
Vaccinated seniors report more pandemic fears, isolation than unvaccinated peers, poll finds
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Alicia Lasek
Oct 04, 2021
Vaccinated Americans aged 50 years and older are more worried about infection, more likely to practice social distancing, and more likely to describe their mental health as worse, say researchers at the...