CMS shares LTC booster data; coverage among residents meets national average
By
Alicia Lasek
Feb 10, 2022
Nursing home booster vaccination data is now available on the Medicare.gov Care Compare website as part of CMS’s effort to help increase facility vaccination coverage, the agency said Wednesday.
CPAP treatment may not ease sleep apnea in patients older than 80
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Alicia Lasek
Feb 10, 2022
Continuous positive airway pressure is the gold standard treatment for moderate-to-severe obstructive sleep apnea. But it may not be effective in elderly adults, investigators say
Clinical briefs for Thursday, Feb. 10
By
Alicia Lasek
Feb 10, 2022
Nursing home visitation policies, omicron both ease … States move to lift indoor mask mandates, CDC says ‘we’re not there yet’ … Daily acetaminophen use raises systolic blood pressure in patients...
CMS warns states: Survey fully or suffer consequences
By
Kimberly Marselas
Feb 10, 2022
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Wednesday sternly warned state survey agencies they must enforce all aspects of the federal program’s health and safety requirements by long-standing agreement.
CMS begins posting nursing home COVID-19 booster data
By
Danielle Brown
Feb 10, 2022
Nursing home COVID-19 booster vaccination data is now being posted online by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, which called the move an effort to “improve transparency” for consumers.
LTC executives see nearly 3% salary increase in 2021
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Danielle Brown
Feb 10, 2022
Long-term care corporate executives realized an average overall salary increase of 2.67% in 2021, despite the highest ranked among them not seeing increases for the year, according to a new report.
Cincy long-term care residents gear up to cheer on Bengals in Super Bowl
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Danielle Brown
Feb 10, 2022
Residents at an Ohio long-term care facility have been waiting 34 years to celebrate their favorite team in the Super Bowl, and their caregivers are planning a major celebration in honor of the Cincinnati...
Study unveils ‘silent epidemic’ of loneliness among older women during pandemic
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Alicia Lasek
Feb 09, 2022
Data from the Women’s Health Initiative show that rates of loneliness in women aged 70 and older have increased during the pandemic, with 19% reporting severe troubles, investigators say.
Hospital’s coronavirus containment success a model for other facilities, researchers say
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Alicia Lasek
Feb 09, 2022
A testing and mask protocol that rapidly stopped the spread of COVID-19 in two hospital units during the omicron surge may be a useful model for other facilities to emulate, researchers say.
Most U.S. adults use non-opioids to treat chronic pain: study
By
Alicia Lasek
Feb 09, 2022
Most American adults use alternatives to opioid drugs such as complementary medicine to manage their pain, but psychological therapies are infrequently implemented, researchers say.