Coordinator turnover threatens to cut into reimbursement: survey
By
Danielle Brown
Oct 08, 2021
Nurse assessment coordinators could start leaving long-term care facilities in waves and the resulting shortages would leave nursing homes struggling to capture full reimbursement, new research suggests.
Federal guidance on vaccine mandate ‘can’t come soon enough’: expert
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Danielle Brown
Oct 08, 2021
Guidance from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services on the federal COVID-19 vaccine mandate for all healthcare workers can’t come soon enough for those in nursing homes, according to one industry...
State providing staffing support in mandate’s wake, despite critical media reports
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Danielle Brown
Oct 08, 2021
New York officials are “proactively working” with long-term care providers experiencing staffing shortages tied to the pandemic and the state’s new COVID-19 vaccination mandate, according to a top...
C. diff may sneak in on soles of shoes, sampling study shows
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Alicia Lasek
Oct 08, 2021
Community exposure to the superbug Clostridiodes difficile may be more common than previously thought, with a surprising amount of spores carried on the soles of shoes, researchers say.
No safety issues: Fluzone shot can be co-administered with a Moderna COVID vaccine booster, Sanofi says
By
Alicia Lasek
Oct 08, 2021
Older adults have the same immune response to each drug when they are co-administered as when given separately. This is also true of safety and tolerability, the drugmaker says.
A first? COVID antibody therapy with full-year protection is up for FDA authorization
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Alicia Lasek
Oct 08, 2021
Drugmaker AstraZeneca has asked the FDA to authorize what it says could be the first long-acting monoclonal antibody drug therapy for the prevention of COVID-19 in at-risk patients.
Clinical briefs for Friday, Oct. 8
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Alicia Lasek
Oct 08, 2021
Infection control report puts organizational challenges and best practices under the microscope … Coordinator turnover threatens to cut into reimbursement: survey … Seniors account for disproportionate...
Turning residents away may be only option for nursing homes to operate, exec says
By
Danielle Brown
Oct 07, 2021
Long-term care facilities in Pennsylvania are considering turning new resident admissions away due to ongoing workforce shortages.
Agency staff more prevalent but less dependable: survey
By
Danielle Brown
Oct 07, 2021
Staffing struggles continue at historic levels, according to a new national survey of long-term care providers, some of whom acknowledge they are being forced to turn to fewer options to cover their workforce...
Post-COVID depression responds better than expected to SSRI drugs, study finds
By
Alicia Lasek
Oct 07, 2021
The findings may suggest a path to relief for recovered COVID-19 patients, investigators say. About 40% of these patients develop depression within six months of infection, they report.