J&J asks for booster go-ahead, says second vaccine dose provides 100 percent COVID protection
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Alicia Lasek
Oct 07, 2021
A second shot of Johnson & Johnson’s vaccine provides 100% protection against severe or critical COVID-19 when given two months after a first dose, according to new data.
Pilot program aims to improve quality of post-fracture care for patients with osteoporosis
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Alicia Lasek
Oct 07, 2021
The National Osteoporosis Foundation and two U.S. health systems are collaborating to create what they call a post-fracture care pathway to increase the number of patients who receive bone health treatment...
Clinical briefs for Thursday, Oct. 7
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Alicia Lasek
Oct 07, 2021
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...
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.
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.
CMS ‘getting pretty close’ to releasing details of COVID-19 vaccination mandate
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James M. Berklan
Oct 05, 2021
Long-term care providers and other healthcare employers remain in the dark as to what will be required with the federal government’s impending COVID-19 vaccination mandate for employees.
Experts suggest these 4 things will lead to long-term care success in next 3 years
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Kimberly Marselas
Oct 05, 2021
With so much focus, for so long on surviving COVID’s clinical and financial ravages, many long-term care operators have shifted to looking for strategies to help them thrive as the pandemic drags on...
State exec expects ‘fire sale’ of nursing homes
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Danielle Brown
Oct 05, 2021
The leader of the New Hampshire Health Care Association expects the state’s acquisition market for nursing homes to be very active thanks to the rough operating environment and workforce struggles for...
Clinical briefs for Wednesday, Oct. 6
By
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...